No. 284: Geostrategic Storm in the Indian Ocean

Author(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 284
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

China, the US, and India are competing for political, economic, and military influence in the Indian Ocean. In the future, the strategic order in this institutionally underdeveloped region will become more multipolar and unstable. Maritime security is at risk, with possible repercussions for security of supply in Europe.

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Key maritime oil chokepoints and daily volumes