Abstract In 1989, following a costly eight-year war with Iraq, Iran initiated a major military build-up intended to rebuild, expand, and modernize its ravaged armed…
Topic: Maritime Security
Summary During the Iran-Iraq war, hundreds of merchant vessels were attacked, more than 400 seamen killed and millions of dollars’ worth of damages were suffered…
Abstract The “Persian” or “Arabian” Gulf creates major strategic uncertainties for Iran, its neighbors, and the world. It is a 600-mile-long body of water that…
Abstract In a June 4 speech marking the anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued…
Abstract In an era of shifting global geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic power, ASEAN’s resilience as a regional grouping and its relative success in keeping internal…
Abstract This article firstly examines the rapidly growing geostrategic importance of the Indian Ocean Region and traces the genesis of the Indian Ocean Rim Association…
Abstract Dictated and driven to a significant extent by the changing dynamics of the knowledge–power equation, regional constructions are devised and propagated for a range…
Continue reading Rumley, Dennis, Timothy Doylebc, and Sanjay Chaturvedid
Abstract The Indian Ocean has received new attention in recent years because of its economic and strategic importance. The region is seen as a theatre…
Abstract This paper takes stock of China’s evolving presence in the Indian Ocean. It posits that despite various traditional and non-traditional threats, the Indian Ocean…
Abstract The Indian Ocean has found renewed emphasis in strategic geopolitical discourse and will play an increasing role in global security considerations in the coming…
Abstract Beginning in late 2011, successive US defence policy documents and official pronouncements explicitly depicted American strategy in Asia in Indo–Pacific terms. Secretary of State…
Abstract This paper analyses contemporary maritime claims in the Indian Ocean Region. It examines sovereignty disputes around the region, including in the Persian Gulf and…
Abstract Since the end of the 1960s and the 1970s, the Indian Ocean and its bordering states have been of growing significance in world geopolitics…
Abstract Two major factors, the collapse of the Cold War system and major threats from non-state actors, have fundamentally transformed the maritime security environment in…
Abstract The thesis of this paper is that maritime security, or at least the ‘opposition’ of sea and land power, is one of the key…
