Indian Ocean Region Maritime Regimes for Regional Cooperation
The Indian Ocean region is arguably one of the world’s least understood, yet its importance in geopolitics and international relations is greater than ever before. This book explores the concepts of regime theory, regional orders and ocean governance to c
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Manoj Gupta
Indian Ocean Region Maritime Regimes for Regional Cooperation
Foreword by Hasjim Djalal and Jon Van Dyke
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Manoj Gupta University of New South Wales At the Australian Defence Force Academy 2600 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Australia [email protected]
ISSN 1866-6507 e-ISSN 1866-6515 ISBN 978-1-4419-5988-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5989-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-5989-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930825 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
It is a privilege to introduce the reader to this book, as I believe that it will make a significant contribution to, given the difficulties in the knowledge of the Indian Ocean, developing cooperation in the Indian Ocean region. There have been numerous failed efforts at regional cooperation in different fora in the Indian Ocean. As a result of the land-based orientation of the people in the region, the importance for countries to develop the power to govern the sea has largely been ignored. The maritime approach taken by Manoj Gupta to the Indian Ocean as a region in international relations offers a timely and critical assessment of the potential for regional cooperation and ocean governance. The political leadership in the region can no longer ignore the need for cooperation in maritime affairs in the Indian Ocean. This book enriches the literature on Indian Ocean issues as it argues convincingly that the security of nations, economic well-being of the people and health of the Indian Ocean cannot be divested from one another. All are fundamentally dependant on the ability of the countries in the region to individually and collectively exert the power to govern the sea. This book on the Indian Ocean is long overdue. Its immediate value resides in providing the reader with a piercing insight into marine scientific research and port state control—the two most critical regimes for the security of nations, well-being of people and health of the oceans. I say this after some five decades of experience in maritime affairs at national, regional and international levels and having b
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