Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
Indian and American Perspectives
1st Edition
Published in December 1989
320 pages
978-0-19-536370-8 (ISBN)
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(Note for Jacket--see Marketing File-so/10/26]The vast, politically turbulent region encompassing the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, forty-two littoral states, and one third of the world's population is one of the most potentially explosive theaters of superpower rivalry. In this study, three American and three Indian authors, reflecting different perspectives and areas of expertise, examine the principal factors that have led to the escalation of superpower tensions in the region: the war in Afghanistan, and its spillover into the Afghanistan-Pakistani borderlands; the Indo-Pakistani nuclear arms race; ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka; the Iran-Iraq war; Islamic fundamentalism; and the rapidly growing military presence of the superpowers in the area. Considering how India's emergence as a military power is influencing superpower and indigenous tensions in the region, the contributors compare Indian, American, and Soviet interests, and offer solutions for current Indian-American disagreements.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
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20,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-19-536370-8 (9780195363708)
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Selig S. Harrison | K. Subrahmanyam
Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
Indian and American Perspectives
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Emerging Security Issues in the Indian Ocean: An American Perspective
- Origins of External Interest in the Indian Ocean
- Southwest Asia and American Strategy in the Indian Ocean
- Missions of the Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean
- Expansion of Littoral Navies
- A Superpower "Rivalry"?
- 2. Emerging Security Issues in the Indian Ocean: An Indian Perspective
- The United States
- The Soviet Union
- India
- Other Powers
- Moscow, Washington, and Indian Ocean Arms Control
- 3. Emerging Economic Issues in the Indian Ocean: An American Perspective
- The 200-Mile Exclusive Economic Zone
- The Deep-Seabed Mining of Nodules
- The Antarctic Treaty
- Redesigning the "Common Heritage" Concept
- 4. Emerging Economic Issues in the Indian Ocean: An Indian Perspective
- The Future in the Oceans
- Conflict Over Ocean Resources
- Seapower, Resources, and Strategy in the Indian Ocean
- Oil, the Gulf, and U.S. Security
- The Mythology of Strategic Minerals
- Non-Living Resources in the Region
- Living Resources in the Region
- Antarctic Issues
- India's Ocean Policy and the United States
- 5. Arms Limitation in the Indian Ocean: Retrospect and Prospect
- India and the Zone of Peace
- Why the 1977-78 Negotiations Failed
- The Prospects for Indian Ocean Arms Control
- 6. India, the United States, and Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
- The Politics of Bases in the Indian Ocean
- India, the Soviet Union, and the United States
- Afghanistan: After the Soviet Withdrawal
- Avenues to Détente in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf
- Appendix: Conclusion and Recommendations of the Indo-American Task Force on the Indian Ocean
- Index
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