Table of Contents:
  • 1. The advent of China's Indian Ocean strategy
  • 2. Between East and West, India's revived engagements
  • 3. The US, the reluctant offshore balancer of the Indian Ocean rivalries
  • 4. The United Kingdom and France: a European struggle for regional influence
  • 5. The Gulf Arab Monarchies: from gateways to strategic players in the Indian Ocean?
  • 6. Australia and the ASEAN member states: from interest to commitment?
  • 7. Indian Ocean Africa, from mere stakeholder to future power broker?
  • 8. Reinforcing an Indian Ocean security architecture.