Timothy Doyle - Africa and the Indian Ocean Region

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 papers presented at an Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG Inc.) symposium held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013, entitled The Political Economy of Maritime Africa in the Indian Ocean Region. This symposium was part of a larger project on constructing a sense of Indian Oceanness. Chapters include Indias new policy of engagement with Africa; Chinas growing presence in the Indian Ocean Region; security strategies in the Western Indian Ocean; the increasing importance and significance of the Western Indian Ocean littoral; and cultural linkages between Africa and the Indian Ocean region. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region.

Timothy Doyle is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. He is also an Emeritus Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University, UK and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia. He has served as Chief Editor of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region since 2012. He also served as Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Academic Group from 201415, based in Ebene, Mauritius.

Dennis Rumley is a Professor of Indian Ocean Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia, and an 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.

Africa and the Indian
Ocean Region

Edited by
Timothy Doyle and Dennis Rumley

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Timothy Doyle

Ross Anthony

Christian Bouchard and William Crumplin

Barry J. Ryan

G.V.C. Naidu

Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, Ingrid L. Nelson, Matthew Pritchard, J. David Stanfield and Jon D. Unruh

Lindy Stiebel

The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

Timothy Doyle
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 131133

Ross Anthony
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 134149

Christian Bouchard and William Crumplin
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 150172

Barry J. Ryan
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 173188

G.V.C. Naidu
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 189207

Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, Ingrid L. Nelson, Matthew Pritchard, J. David Stanfield and Jon D. Unruh
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 208226

Lindy Stiebel
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 9, issue 2 (December 2013) pp. 227237

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Ross Anthony is an Interim Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa. His research focuses on economic relations and issues of geo-political security between Africa and China. He holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Christian Bouchard is a Professor in the Department of Environment Science, Engineering and Architecture, Laurentian University, Canada. His research interests include geopolitics and geostrategy, France in the Indian Ocean, and environment, society and development on the small Islands of the Indian Ocean.

Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque is a Program Development Manager at the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oslo, Norway. Her expertise lies in cultural anthropology, public law, and social policy.

William Crumplin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environment Science, Engineering and Architecture, Laurentian University, Canada. His work examines the effects of climate change on small island states and territories, and the ecological footprints associated with cultural activities.

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

G.V.C. Naidu is a Professor in Southeast Asian studies in the Centre for South, Central, and Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His research explores the politics of economy and security in the Asia Pacific.

Ingrid L. Nelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environmental Studies Program, University of Vermont, USA. Her research interests include feminist political ecology, land tenure, postcolonial studies, and queer ecologies. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher in Agrarian and Environmental Change, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Matthew Pritchard is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research focuses on land tenure reform, post-conflict development, forced migration, and political ecology.