American strategy in the Indian Ocean / Andrew C. Winner and Peter J. Dombrowski -- Strategy options -- Strengthening partners to keep the peace: a neo-Nixon doctrine for the Indian Ocean region / Walter C. Ladwig III -- Reformulating grand strategy in the Indian Ocean region: the case of containment / William C. Martel -- Leaving unipolarity behind: a strategic framework for advancing US interests in the Indian Ocean region / Christopher Preble -- Offshore balancing in the Indian Ocean: forward or not at all / James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara -- Cooperative security in the Indian Ocean region / Rodger A. Payne -- From hub to hinge: a strategic framework to promote US security interests in the Indian Ocean / Michael Auslin -- Evolving recent US policies into the future -- The Indian Ocean: protecting access to a volatile powerhouse / Teresita C. Schaffer -- Combating transnational security threats in the Indian Ocean: a focused US regional strategy / Andrew C. Winner
Summary
The Indian Ocean, with its critical routes for global commerce, is a potentially volatile location for geopolitical strife. Even as the region's role in the international economy and as a highway to conflict zones increases, the US has failed to advance a coherent strategy for protecting its interests in the Indian Ocean or for managing complex diplomatic relationships across the region. The Indian Ocean and US Grand Strategy presents a range of viewpoints about whether and how the US should alter its diplomatic and military strategies for this region. Contributors examine US interests in the
