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17 June 2010The New Battle for Sri Lanka BY

On the face of it, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to New Delhi last week was rather successful. India and Sri Lanka signed a range of agreements including loans for major

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5 May 2010Chinese Takeaway BY C. Rajamohan
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1 September 2010Dominating the waves BY Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe

As the third largest body of water in the world, the Indian Ocean has a mystique all its own, with an extraordinarily diverse history. The Indian Ocean waters cover an estimated 73.5 million

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18 October 2010Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power BY Robert D. Kaplan

The article below is reprinted with permission of World Politics Review, where it was originally published. Those interested in reading more from World Politics Review can
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oil politics
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9 August 2010South Asia’s Geography of Conflict BY Robert D. Kaplan

As the United States and China become great power rivals, the direction in which India tilts could determine the course of geopolitics in Eurasia in the 21st century. India, in other words, looms

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1 December 2010Sino-Indian maritime relations: managing mistrust in the Indian Ocean BY Ashley Townshend

Asia’s rising giants are eyeing each

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Indian Ocean
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Indo-China
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People's Liberation Army Navy
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strategic interest
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13 December 2010Need to secure the Lakshadweep Islands BY Pushpita Das

The recent hijacking of a Bangladesh merchant ship by Somali pirates in the western Indian Ocean has highlighted the threat to the Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs) in general and to the

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Indian Ocean
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Lakshadweep Islands
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Maritime Security
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Somali pirates
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10 December 2010India: a moralist power or global contestant? BY Shloka Nath

C. Raja Mohan is India’s premier strategic analyst and Strategic Affairs Editor at The Indian Express

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14 January 2011A Chinese-Indian Rivalry for the Arabian Sea BY Christophe Jaffrelot

Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indian Ocean and

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3 May 2010China’s naval expansion in the Indian Ocean and India-China rivalry BY

After dramatically increasing its military expenditure over the last several years, in 2010 China has raised it by only 7.5 percent, marking the first time in nearly 21 years that the rate of

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South China Sea
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Strait of Hormuz

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