| Description |
1 online resource (129 pages) : color illustrations, color maps (digital, PDF file) |
| Contents |
Indian Ocean rising : maritime and security policy challenges / David Michel and Russell Sticklor -- Countering piracy, trafficking, and terrorism : ensuring maritime security in the Indian Ocean / Rupert Herbert-Burns -- Naval power in the Indian Ocean : evolving roles, missions, and capabilities / Rupert Herbert-Burns -- New capacities and recurring risks : developments in the international shipping industry / Rupert Herbert-Burns -- International law and order : the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea / Caitlyn Antrim -- Energy in the Indian Ocean region : vital features and new frontiers / Rupert Herbert-Burns -- Natural resources in the Indian Ocean : fisheries and minerals / David Michel, Halae Fuller, and Lindsay Dolan -- Environmental pressures in the Indian Ocean / David Michel |
| Summary |
The Indian Ocean is rapidly emerging as a key focus of international politics. Its strategic energy reserves and natural resources, the growing importance of its ports and shipping lanes, and the rise of India, Indonesia, South Africa, and other littoral nations as increasingly significant regional powers and global players are transforming the Indian Ocean into a major crossroads for multiple security, maritime policy, and governance issues. Rising flows of trade, investment, people, and ideas are linking the Indian Ocean countries to each other and to the rest of the world ever more closely. At the same time, enduring problems ranging from piracy on the high seas to weak and failing states on shore -- as well as territorial disputes in the regional seas and mounting environmental pressures on coastal and marine resources -- pose persistent challenges for maritime policymakers around the Indian Ocean region. This report explores the evolving security, socio-economic, commercial, and environmental trends that will shape the Indian Ocean region in the coming decades and examines their implications for decision-makers and stakeholders. The authors analyze issues including piracy, trafficking, and terrorism; the deployment of naval power; the commercial shipping industry; the future of the Law of the Sea; regional and offshore energy development; natural resources management; and rising stresses on the marine environment |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 18, 2012) |
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"July 2012." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Sea control.
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National security -- Indian Ocean Region
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Maritime terrorism -- Indian Ocean Region
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Piracy -- Indian Ocean Region
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Sea-power -- Indian Ocean Region
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Shipping -- Indian Ocean Region
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Law of the sea -- Indian Ocean Region
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Power resources -- Indian Ocean Region
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Natural resources -- Indian Ocean Region
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Law of the sea.
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Maritime terrorism.
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National security.
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Natural resources.
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Piracy.
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Power resources.
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Sea control.
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Sea-power.
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Shipping.
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Strategic aspects of individual places.
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Indian Ocean Region -- Strategic aspects
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| Subject |
Indian Ocean Region.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Michel, David, 1966-
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Sticklor, Russell
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Henry L. Stimson Center
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