Indian Ocean Futures
Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field that has come into its own. In the next 50 years, the Indian Ocean Region will become very significant as a result of enormous demographic changes. What was the Ocean of the South is rapidly becoming the Ocean of the Centre, the Ocean of the Future. Curtin University, Western Australia, has a long and distinguished history of engagement with the Indian Ocean region and with Indian Ocean studies, and its Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute of Curtin University continues to maintain a focus on the Indian Oceanpast, present and future. This book examines a number of themes emerging from its 2014 Conference entitled Indian Ocean Futures, which attracted some of the best Indian Ocean region scholars. The conference connected humanities, social sciences and scientific disciplines; this book collects some of the preeminent works focused on geostrategic, cultural, environmental security and human security themes. The book is also an important contribution to the building of academic diplomacy in the regionthat is to say, it contributes to region-building by creating epistemic communities and networks between government, the private sector, and academia throughout the region. Through the pursuit of academic diplomacy, academics are capable of pursuing research goals that enhance governmental, business and civil society objectives of the day. 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 and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia. He is also an Emeritus Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University, UK.
Graham Seal is a Professor and Director of the Australia-Asia Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia.
Indian Ocean Futures
New partnerships, new alliances and academic diplomacy
Edited by
Timothy Doyle and
Graham Seal
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Contents
Ambassador K. V. Bhagirath
Timothy Doyle and Graham Seal
Lindsay Bremner
Andrew Carr and Daniel Baldino
David Brewster
Anne Matan and Peter Newman
Mokhlesur Rahman and Bob Pokrant
Isabel Hofmeyr
Melissa L. Finucane and Victoria W. Keener
Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes
The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Ambassador K. V. Bhagirath
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) p. 1
Indian Ocean futures: new partnerships, new alliances and academic diplomacy
Timothy Doyle and Graham Seal
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 27
Fluid ontologies in the search for MH370
Lindsay Bremner
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 829
An Indo-Pacific norm entrepreneur? Australia and defence diplomacy
Andrew Carr and Daniel Baldino
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 3047
An Indian Ocean dilemma: Sino-Indian rivalry and Chinas strategic vulnerability in the Indian Ocean
David Brewster
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 4859
Green urbanism in the Indian Ocean region
Anne Matan and Peter Newman
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 6073
Changing local weather and adaptation in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
Mokhlesur Rahman and Bob Pokrant
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 7497
Styling multilateralism: Indian Ocean cultural futures
Isabel Hofmeyr
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 98109
Understanding the climate-sensitive decisions and information needs of island communities
Melissa L. Finucane and Victoria W. Keener
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 110120
An East African perspective for paradigm shift on maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region
Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, volume 11, issue 1 (June 2015) pp. 121133
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Daniel Baldino is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Notre Dame, Australia.
Ambassador K.V. Bhagirath is Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association based in Ebene, Mauritius.
Lindsay Bremner is a Professor and Director of Architectural Research in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster, UK.
David Brewster is a Visiting Fellow in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, Australia.
Andrew Carr is a Research Fellow in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, Australia.
Timothy Doyle is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Adelaide in South Australia and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia. He is also an Emeritus Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University, UK.
Melissa L. Finucane
