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The superpowers’ playground: Djibouti and geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the twenty first century Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Mujeeb Kanth
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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India’s security imagination of the Bay of Bengal: aspiration, sub-optimality, and history Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Udayan Das
India has consistently demarcated the Bay of Bengal as a security space in standard realist terms which in turn leads to its conversion as a zone of security. The article probes two questions in th...
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India as a climate leader in the indo-pacific: challenges and opportunities Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Stefy V. Joseph, Sruthi Sadhasivam
The non-traditional security threats in the form of incessant floods, cyclones, and all-time rising sea levels in the Indo-Pacific region call for an integrated and constructive response led by a c...
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Correction Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2024-02-15
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Climate change, migration, and internally displaced populations in the Indian Ocean Region – evidence from South Asia and East Africa Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Debojyoti Das, Srija Basu
The field of migration studies is increasingly widening its scope and research by addressing the complex and converging interactions between migration, internal displacement, livelihoods, and pover...
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From the Sundarban delta to Deccan ‘Aurangabad’: climatic refugees’ resilience for livelihood Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Bina Sengar
Climatic disasters and ecological threats lead to migrations of people with transitions in livelihood as displaced communities. Climatic changes and demographic pressures are harshly hampering the ...
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Towards a data-driven marine spatial plan for the maritime area of Bangladesh Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Subrata Sarker, Pierre Failler
The development of a sustainable blue economy is a priority for the government of Bangladesh. However, to expand the coastal and ocean based economic activities, a marine spatial plan (MSP) is nece...
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Navigating asymmetry in the Indian Ocean region: Oman in the US-India-China strategic triangle Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Mohammed Al-Hajri, Jonathan Fulton
This paper analyzes the options available to small states in the Indian Ocean region (IOR) in an era of great power competition, using the case of Oman’s engagement with the strategic triangle of t...
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India's Africa Policy Challenges of a Millennia-Old Relationship Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Aparajita Biswas
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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‘Arabisation’ death of a concept?: Gulf states, the Malay-Indonesian world, and the quest for post-sectarian engagement Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Joshua Snider
This paper examines the inter-regional links between the Arabian Gulf region and the Malay-Indonesian world. It argues that a common sectarian identity has underscored the basis for inter-regional ...
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Gulf states and the Indo-Pacific: agents or objects of geopolitical competition? Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Jonathan Fulton, Li-Chen Sim, Jean-Loup Samaan
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2023)
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The Gulf states and the energy transition in the Indo-Pacific Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Farkhod Aminjonov, Li-Chen Sim
This paper examines the interdependence between the Gulf states and the Indo-Pacific in the context of the global energy transition away from a fossil-fuel based energy system. Instead of ending th...
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Indo-Pacific reluctance and the gulf: an examination of maritime domain awareness as an influence shaping regional maritime security efforts Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Jeffrey Payne
Maritime security, while a challenge for littoral states in the Gulf region, has not evolved to reflect global maritime trends. The maritime challenges in the Gulf region point out the necessity of...
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India Moving: A History of Migration Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Dr Srija Basu
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 19, No. 2, 2023)
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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E. Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Roads, Winds, Spices in The Western Indian Ocean: The Memory and Geopolitics of Maritime Heritage Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Raghvendra Kumar
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Deconstructing climate change and migration narratives in the Indian Ocean World Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Debojyoti Das
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 19, No. 2, 2023)
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The IORA Outlook on the Indo-Pacific: building partnerships for mutual cooperation and sustainable development Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Anil Sooklal
ABSTRACT The Indo-Pacific (IP) has grown in strategic importance and reflects the geo-political / geo-economic significance of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in shaping the emerging Global Order. It has also emerged as the theatre of great power competition and contestation. The IP can also be a major opportunity in forging peace, security and fostering partnerships for co-operation in addressing sustainable
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Learning from women's landslide songs in Bududa and Bunambutye: enhancing a holistic landslide mitigation in Uganda Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Dominic D. B. Makwa
This paper draws on Bududa and Bunambutye as case studies to investigate how the songs women sing after the occurrence of landslides and the subsequent resettlement of survivors offer significant k...
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Gender dimension and forced migration in Tanzania Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Victoria B. Makulilo
There has been an increasing magnitude of floods due to rainfall variability along the coastal zones of Tanzania. Repeated flooding occurrences in Dar es Salaam along the Msimbazi Valley provide ev...
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Perspectives on persistent flooding of the Msimbazi Valley in Dar es Salaam viewed through a governance lens Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Almas Fortunatus Mazigo
This article follows the line of scholarship that treats urban flooding as the object of governance and uses a governance lens to analyse reported evidence of how and why detrimental flooding has p...
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From conflict to climate: refugees to IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) in the Bay of Bengal Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Anindita Roy Saha, Shubhra Seth
ABSTRACT The Rohingya refugees rehabilitated in Bangladesh present a unique case bearing human and environmental security cross complications. Forced to flee from Myanmar due to military atrocities and ethnic violence, they took refuge in neighboring Bangladesh from 2017 onwards. These refugees are standing at the crossroads of converting from Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) to potential
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Introduction: Indianoceanness and its Indo-Pacific dimensions Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Sanjay Chaturvedi
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 3, 2022)
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Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: conceptual and operational challenges Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Kuyoun Chung
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 3, 2022)
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India’s naval diplomacy: contours and constraints Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Sayantan Haldar
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 3, 2022)
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Naval humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in the Indo-Pacific region: need for fresh thinking Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Shishir Upadhyaya
ABSTRACT Natural disasters are increasing globally. Geographically, the Indo-Pacific region is the world’s most vulnerable region and navies here have been called upon frequently to provide humanitarian assistance. Thus, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) missions have emerged as a key role for the regional navies. However, recent studies in disaster management indicate that disaster
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The Indo-Pacific, an emerging paradigm for peace, cooperation, sustainable development and mutual prosperity Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Anil Sooklal
ABSTRACT The Indo-Pacific (IP) is a construct of contested interpretation in terms of its geo-spatiality, but there is growing consensus that it extends from the East coast of Africa to the Western shores of the Americas, inclusive of the Pacific Island states. The IP is today the nucleus of the emerging global order. Major countries, including the USA, Japan, India, France, Germany and Australia,
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Seeking the bomb: strategies of nuclear proliferation Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Manzoor Ahmad
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 3, 2022)
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Sagarmala & India’s maritime big push approach: seaports as India’s geo-economic gateways & neighborhood maritime lessons Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Rudra Prasad Pradhan, Chhavi Rathi, Suraj Gupta
ABSTRACT Rejecting economic gradualism, Rosenstein-Rodan, back in 1943 advocated huge government-led initial infrastructure investment or ‘Big-Push Approach’ to achieve big economic growth. Welfare economists like Arthur Lewis and Rugnar Nursk expanded the proposition through their ‘Dual Sector Model’ and ‘Balanced Growth Approach’ converting the whole idea as a body of ‘Modernisation Theories’ for
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Ocean governance opportunities and challenges in the Indian Ocean Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Clive Schofield
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 2, 2022)
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Chief Editor's editorial Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Sanjay Chaturvedi
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 2, 2022)
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Mapping India’s blue economy in the Bay of Bengal: opportunities and constraint Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Rajeev Rajan Chaturvedy
ABSTRACT The Bay of Bengal region is strategically and economically important for a number of reasons, with its key location, abundant natural resources, but in addition to potentials also prone to vulnerabilities, including threats to marine spaces. These variables collectively affect the policies of littoral states surrounding the Bay. The interconnected destinies of the people in the Bay region
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Harmonizing maritime governance in the Indo-Pacific region Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Shishir Upadhyaya
ABSTRACT Maritime safety and security remains an area of concern in the Indo-Pacific region, a vast integrated maritime space bound by trade and shipping connectivity. While multiple organizations have evolved over the years to address the various threats and challenges at the sub-regional level, the absence of an overarching institution that could synergize these efforts to improve wider maritime
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Effectiveness of the coastal and marine conservation initiatives in Bangladesh: analyzing the drawbacks of the legal, policy, and institutional framework Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Md Mizanur Rahman
ABSTRACT The study attempted to identify the challenges and threats to coastal and marine conservation and assessed the effectiveness of the existing legal, policy, and institutional frameworks in this regard. This multidisciplinary research used both primary and secondary data. It was revealed that in the protected areas, both conservations and degradations go hand in hand, indicating the ineffectiveness
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Making sense of the human-climate-environment nexus in the Indian Ocean Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-08-05 David Brewster
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 2, 2022)
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Geopolitics in the era of globalisation mapping an alternative future Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Dhananjay Tripathi
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 2, 2022)
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Growing focus on the Western Indian Ocean: evolving equations Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-06-19 Sanjay Chaturvedi
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2022)
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Re-imagining border studies in South Asia Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Kathleen Staudt
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2022)
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The Indian Ocean as a New Political and Security Region Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-05-15 Derek McDougall
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2022)
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India–Africa relations: changing horizons Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-05-15 R. Srinivasan
Published in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2022)
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Perceptions of climate change and climate change policies within the tourism sector in Mauritius Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Lovisha Dhoomun, Karen F. Hytten, Paul Perry
ABSTRACT Tourism is the most important export-oriented economic activity in Mauritius. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate environmental degradation in coastal areas, where rapid tourism development is burdening the environmental attributes on which the island’s tourism depends. This research examines climate change risk perceptions among key stakeholders within the tourism sector in Mauritius
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Prosecution of maritime pirates in India: a critical appraisal Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Mazyar Ahmad
ABSTRACT The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea regime makes it incumbent upon the capturing state to effectively prosecute the apprehended pirates as per their domestic laws. Many states, including India, have not developed piracy-related domestic legislation; therefore, the domestic courts face various substantive and procedural challenges during trial. Indian judiciary relies on various
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Mapping Indo-French synergy in the Indian Ocean Region: towards a calibrated Indo-Pacific Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Sayantan Haldar
ABSTRACT France's formal accession to the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), underlining its recognition as multilaterally engaged resident power in the Indian Ocean, has been warmly endorsed by India. In the context of shifting geopolitical landscape, a systematic examination of the prospects of Indo-French synergy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), and the wider Indo-Pacific, becomes of immense
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Transformation of Japan–India security relations: from imperial–colonial era to free and open Indo-Pacific Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-02-19 Tunchinmang Langel
ABSTRACT The ‘Indo-Pacific’ framework constructed upon the emerging shift in geopolitics from the Atlantic-Pacific to the Pacific-Indian Ocean region has underlined the increasing significance of maritime space as a theatre for geopolitical competition. Japan and India, which were historically on opposite spectrums, have now evolved into regional partners to increase their strategic influence and pursue
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Addressing knowledge gaps in Indian Ocean studies Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Sanjay Chaturvedi
(2021). Addressing knowledge gaps in Indian Ocean studies. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 267-270.
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Malaysia A Maritime Nation Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Vivian L. Forbes
(2021). Malaysia A Maritime Nation. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 342-344.
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Sustainable exploitation of deep seabed mineral resources in the Indo-Pacific through practical cooperation under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Nitin Agarwala
ABSTRACT In order to reduce global temperature rise to 1.5-2oC against the pre-industrial values as agreed in the Paris Agreement, the world community has begun focusing on renewable energy. This effort requires nearly double the quantity of minerals as required for a 4oC rise and has forced humanity to look at exploiting deep seabed minerals. While extracting minerals from the Area Beyond the National
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The regional great game in the Indian Ocean and India’s evolving maritime strategy Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Sankalp Gurjar
(2021). The regional great game in the Indian Ocean and India’s evolving maritime strategy. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 346-347.
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Gambling with humanity at sea: states' legislative and policy responses to irregular migration in the Indian Ocean Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Mohammad Rubaiyat Rahman
ABSTRACT It cannot be overstated that in recent times the gravity and complexity of irregular maritime migration have triggered concerns and debates in the academic domains of International Relations and International Law. The article examines how states' compliance with, and enforcement of,international law and legal norms would tackle the challenges of irregular migration in the Indian Ocean region
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Broadening and Deepening the Indian Ocean Studies Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Sanjay Chaturvedi
(2021). Broadening and Deepening the Indian Ocean Studies. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 137-140.
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Perspectives on the impact of external risks on the future of dive tourism at a high latitude reef complex in the Indian Ocean Region Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-09-10 D. Dimopoulos, D. Queiros, C. Van Zyl
ABSTRACT South Africa's marine environment is rich in fauna and flora, and renowned for its pristine coral reefs. Yet, with various risks continuing to threaten the future of marine tourism in the Blue Economy, for how long can scuba diving tourism remain a popular marine recreational activity in the region? By means of a case study approach, this article aims to identify the range of domestic and
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Dust and smoke: air pollution and colonial urbanism, India, c. 1860–c. 1940 Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-08-29 Hema Vaishnavi Ale
(2021). Dust and smoke: air pollution and colonial urbanism, India, c. 1860–c. 1940. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 344-346.
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Horn of Africa Emerging as a strategic pivot of the Indian Ocean Region: need for repackaging SAGAR 2.0 Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-08-25 Somen Banerjee
ABSTRACT Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the Horn of Africa has undergone significant change. Presence of extra-regional powers has transformed the region into a strategic pivot of the Indian Ocean. But fractured societies of the region are in acute need of sustainable peace. Curiously, India’s engagements with the Horn have been confined to peacekeeping operations and anti-piracy patrols
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Indus basin uninterrupted: A history of territory and politics from Alexander to Nehru Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-08-17 Medha Bisht
(2021). Indus basin uninterrupted: A history of territory and politics from Alexander to Nehru. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 261-263.
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Including the Khoisan for a more inclusive Blue Economy in South Africa Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Rosabelle Boswell, Jessica Leigh Thornton
ABSTRACT This article proposes that including the Khoisan will produce a more inclusive Blue Economy in South Africa. Presently, economistic perspectives of the ocean, low regard for knowledge pluralism and historical stereotyping of Khoisan peoples, risk their further exclusion from ocean management in South Africa. Drawing on secondary data on Khoisan history and ethnography in South Africa, the
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Military security obstacles to decolonizing the Chagos: A reply to Harris Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Samuel Matthews Bashfield
(2021). Military security obstacles to decolonizing the Chagos: A reply to Harris. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 230-234.
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The case for decolonizing the Chagos islands: A response to Bashfield Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Peter Harris
(2021). The case for decolonizing the Chagos islands: A response to Bashfield. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 224-229.
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Introduction Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Amit Ranjan, Alan Bloomfield
(2021). Introduction. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, Between the Elephant and the Dragon: Small States and India-China Rivalry in the Indian Ocean Region, pp. 1-4.
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Debating the indo-pacific regional construct Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2020-12-28 Dennis Rumley
(2021). Debating the indo-pacific regional construct. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 255-261.
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Portuguese decolonization in the Indian Ocean World: history and ethnography Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Henryk Alff
(2021). Portuguese decolonization in the Indian Ocean World: history and ethnography. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 263-265.