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Why the World Can’t Look Away from the Indian Ocean

To the casual observer, the Indian Ocean appears as a series of disconnected crises—a coup in an island nation, a drone strike in a shipping lane, or a new runway on a remote atoll. But for the strategist, these are not isolated events. They are “symptoms of the seam,” recurring flashpoints where the friction of […]

How the Indian Ocean’s History Shapes 21st‑Century Geopolitics

For millennia, the Indian Ocean has been the world’s most sophisticated laboratory of globalization. Long before the Atlantic became a highway for empires or the Pacific a theater for world wars, the “Monsoon Trade” had already stitched together a world of African gold, Arabian incense, Indian spices, and Chinese silk. Today, the maritime rivalries between

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