Opinion

The Indian Ocean Islanders Who Were Pummeled by History—and Now by Trump, Too

The Chagossians thought they had a chance to return home with the U.K.’s deal to hand over their home islands and lease the Diego Garcia military base.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Why the Indian Ocean may be home to the next nuclear crisis

The Indian Ocean is an overlooked theater for nuclear escalation and conflict. Since the start of this year alone, Iran threatened to strike a US military base in the Chagos Archipelago, China ...
The Economist

Rivalry between America and China has spread to the Indian Ocean

A“FREE AND open Indo-Pacific”, intended to encompass both the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, is the hottest geopolitical slogan. When strategists talk about the Indo-Pacific, however, they often mean ...
War on the Rocks

It’s Still the Indian Ocean: Parsing Sino-Indian Naval Competition Where It Counts

Editor’s Note: This is part of a short series examining maritime geography and strategic challenges in specific bodies of water, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea and the South China ...
The Diplomat

Why the Indian Ocean, Not the Indo-Pacific, Must Anchor India’s Strategy

While New Delhi shares strategic concerns with the rest of the Quad, its Indo-Pacific approach is primarily a means to counterbalance Beijing in its immediate maritime neighborhood. India’s adoption ...
The Diplomat

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?

As a country that straddles both the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia has been an enthusiastic adopter of the Indo-Pacific construct. Australia has the largest Indian Ocean coastline, and so it ...