Perspectives on the impact of external risks on the future of dive tourism at a high latitude reef complex in the Indian Ocean Region

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has become one of the main economic forces globally, and countries within the IOR have attempted to promote their intra-regional trade. This study investigates the spatiotemporal evolution of the community structures of the intra-regional trade and the impact of determinant factors on the formation of trade community structures of the IOR from 1996 to 2017 using the methods of social network analysis. Trade communities are groups of countries with measurably denser intra-trade ties but with extra-trade ties that are measurably sparser among different communities. The results show that the extent of trade integration and the trade community structures of the IOR changed from strengthening between 1996 and 2014 to weakening between 2015 and 2017. The largest explanatory power of the formation of the IOR trade community structures was the IOR countries’ economic size, indicating that market remained the strongest driver. The second-largest explanatory power was geographical proximity, suggesting that countries within the IOR engaged in intra-regional trade still tended to select geographically proximate trading partners. The third- and the fourth-largest were common civilization and regional organizational memberships, respectively. This indicates that sharing a common civilization and constructing intra-regional institutional arrangements (especially open trade policies) helped the countries within the IOR strengthen their trade communities.

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The future of women’s economic empowerment in the Indian Ocean region: governance challenges and opportunities *

Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean Region ◽

10.4324/9781351216708-2 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 4-24

Author(s):

Susan Harris Rimmer

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Economic Empowerment ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

The Future ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Ocean Region ◽

Governance Challenges ◽

The Indian Ocean

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The future of women’s economic empowerment in the Indian Ocean region: governance challenges and opportunities

Journal of the Indian Ocean Region ◽

10.1080/19480881.2016.1260810 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 4-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Susan Harris Rimmer

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Economic Empowerment ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

The Future ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Ocean Region ◽

Governance Challenges ◽

The Indian Ocean

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Strategic Importance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Implications for Pakistan

Global Pakistan Studies Research Review ◽

10.31703/gpsrr.2018(i-i).03 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol I (I) ◽

pp. 19-27

Author(s):

Sameera Imran ◽

Maryam Raza ◽

Noor Fatima

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Andaman And Nicobar Islands ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

The Future ◽

Ocean Region ◽

Power Maximization ◽

Offensive Realism ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Nicobar Islands

The growing strategic importance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now changing the dynamics of Indian ocean and maritime politics. The sea politics is now has been more tangled than before. Viewed under the theory of offensive realism proposed by John Mearsheimer that holds the concept of power maximization of states and balancing strategies to counter their rival states as all states have some offensive capabilities and countries can never be certain about the intentions of other states. The ultimate goal is to dominate. Within that context, the study aims to examine the growing strategic importance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and its future prospects and implications on Pakistan. This paper analyzes the main indicators that India is presently working on, to develop its Tri-service theatre. The study seeks to answer the following questions a) How Andaman and Nicobar Islands are strategically important for India? b) How will the development of the two islands will change the dynamics of maritime politics and tackle increasing Chinese presence in Indian ocean? c) What will be the future implications or Pakistan? The study argues that the ANC is the significant factor for India to aggravate its control in the Indian Ocean region as it is developing its largest military and nuclear build-up. However, it can unleash negative imprints for Pakistan in future in certain aspects.

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The impact of Zheng He's expeditions on Indian Ocean interactions

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0041977x16001038 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

pp. 609-636 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tansen Sen

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Fifteenth Century ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

Commercial Activity ◽

Swahili Coast ◽

Ocean Region ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

The Impact ◽

Cultural Interactions

AbstractThis article examines the consequences of the Ming maritime expeditions led by Admiral Zheng He (1371–1433) in the early fifteenth century on Indian Ocean diplomacy, trade, and cross-cultural interactions. The presence of the powerful Ming navy not only introduced an unprecedented militaristic aspect to the Indian Ocean region, but also led to the emergence of state-directed commercial activity in the maritime world that extended from Ming China to the Swahili coast of Africa. Additionally, these expeditions stimulated the movement of people and animals across the oceanic space and might eventually have facilitated the rapid entry of European commercial enterprises into the Indian Ocean region during the second half of the fifteenth century.

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A Contest of Status and Legitimacy in the Indian Ocean

10.1093/oso/9780199479337.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

David Brewster

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

International System ◽

Special Role ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

Major Powers ◽

Threat Perceptions ◽

Ocean Region ◽

The Status ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

The Asymmetry

This chapter examines Indian and Chinese perspectives of each other as major powers and their respective roles in the Indian Ocean. It focuses on the following elements: (a) China’s strategic imperatives in the Indian Ocean Region, (b) India’s views on its special role in the Indian Ocean and the legitimacy of the presence of other powers, (c) China’s strategic vulnerabilities in the Indian Ocean and India’s wish to leverage those vulnerabilities, (d) the asymmetry in Indian and Chinese threat perceptions, and (d) Chinese perspectives of the status of India in the international system and India’s claims to a special role in the Indian Ocean. The chapter concludes that even if China were to take a more transparent approach to its activities, significant differences in perceptions of threat and over status and legitimacy will produce a highly competitive dynamic between them in the maritime domain.

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