1st Edition

Africa and the Indian Ocean Region

Edited By Timothy Doyle, Dennis Rumley Copyright 2017
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the presence of Africa as a significant force in the western Indian Ocean. Africa will increasingly play a pivotal role in the future of the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean region. The book considers the scope for greater African involvement in Indian Ocean region-building activities, and seeks to encourage a western Indian Ocean dialogue. The book publishes some of the best... Read more

Introduction: Africa and the Indian Ocean Region
Timothy Doyle

1. Infrastructure and influence: China’s presence on the coast of East Africa
Ross Anthony

2. Indian Ocean region: The evolving context and rising significance of the African littoral
Christian Bouchard and William Crumplin

3. Zones and routes: Securing a western Indian Ocean
Barry J. Ryan

4. India, Africa and the Indian Ocean
G.V.C. Naidu

5. Impacts of forest-related large-scale land acquisitions in the Indian Ocean world
Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, Ingrid L. Nelson, Matthew Pritchard, J. David Stanfield and Jon D. Unruh

6. Lewis Nkosi’s Durban: An Indian Ocean city in flux
Lindy Stiebel

Biography

Timothy Doyle is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Adelaide in Australia. He is also Emeritus Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University in the United Kingdom and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia.

Dennis Rumley is Professor of Indian Ocean Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia, and Inaugural Professor of Indian Ocean Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is currently the Chair of the Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG Inc.) and was the Chief Editor of its flagship journal, the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, for three years.