Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Indian Ocean, with its critical routes for global commerce, is a potentially volatile location for geopolitical strife. Even as the region's role in the international economy and as a highway to conflict zones increases, the US has failed to advance a coherent strategy for protecting its interests in the Indian Ocean or for managing complex diplomatic relationships across the region. The Indian Ocean and US Grand Strategy presents a range of viewpoints about whether and how the US should alter its diplomatic and military strategies for this region.
Contributors examine US interests in the Indian Ocean, assess the relative critical importance or imperiled nature of these interests, and propose solutions for American strategy ranging from minimal change to maximum engagement. The book concludes with a comparative assessment of these options and a discussion of their implications for US policymakers. This volume's perspectives and analysis of the Indian Ocean region will be valued by scholars and students of US foreign policy, South Asia, and security studies as well as by diplomats, military officers, and other practitioners.
Synopsis
The Indian Ocean is a critical artery for global commerce, a highway to conflict zones, and a potential location for geopolitical strife. The region's importance for the international economy and international security is increasing, yet the US does not have a coherent strategy for protecting its interests in the Indian Ocean or managing diplomatic relationships across the region. This volume examines US grand strategy in the context of the Indian Ocean region and presents a range of viewpoints about whether and how the US should to alter its diplomatic and military strategies for this region. What are US interests in the Indian Ocean, and how critical and imperiled are they? The contributors' assessments and proposed solutions for American strategy offer a range from minimal to maximal change and engagement. The book concludes with an assessment of these options by the volume editors and a discussion of implications for US policymakers.
Synopsis
The Indian Ocean and US Grand Strategy presents a range of viewpoints about whether and how the US should alter its diplomatic and military strategies for the region. It examines US interests in the Indian Ocean, assesses the relative importance or imperiled nature of these interests, and proposes solutions for American strategy.