... nations. India has continued to import large volumes of Iranian oil. Over the past decade, the Indian economy has had impressive economic growth, the nation has emerged as the world’s third-­largest energy consumer (after the United States and China), and it has become increasingly dependent...

... in these territorial disputes and decides to more explicitly back its allies’ claims, the probability of a China-­US faceoff, even a limited armed conflict, will soar. In fact, the 2011 deployment of US Marines to Darwin, Australia, a loca- tion that can be viewed as a crossroads between the Indian and Pacific...

... in the Indian Ocean and in the Middle East, and its air and sea forces do not yet possess the capability to intervene in such a distant scenario. Furthermore, the main oil fields of interest to China are divided into the Kurdish-­controlled areas in northern Iraq and in the Shiite areas in the south...

... third-largest oil company and the leading Chi- nese importer of LNG. In February 2012, Minister Landau visited India to discuss the possibility of Indian state-­run energy companies participating in the development of the Leviathan and Tamar gas fields. In March 2012, Gazprom (Russia) signed...

... will be the area within and around the vast Indian and Pacific Oceans.1 This area from the Straits of Bab el Mandeb to Hawaii is the natural space for geopolitical competition between these actors, if the long advertised confrontation does materialize. This new geopolitical game will be unlike the Cold War...

... cultures and societies established realities of dialogue in trade from the Pacific to the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans and to the China Sea. At times, when we doubt our ability to work together to solve problems, we must remember the broader concept of our shared heritage — of our Mari Nostrum...

... and accommodate unique societal traits to be successful. He notes that there should be, for example, Arabic, African, or Indian concepts and ideas deliberately woven into the democratic fabrics of these societies. Indeed, the democratic movements of the Arab Spring appear to have failed largely because...

... in the region as the bridge between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia, along the Red Sea’s northern sea gates at the Suez Canal. More than 7 percent of world trade, and about 1 million barrels per day of crude oil (approximately 40 percent...

..., but this is done in order to address common Chinese and Indian concerns about the US military posture in the greater Middle East. They are also advanc- ing cooperation on matters of energy. India and Pakistan, too, are getting together in order to transport gas from Iran. Russia and China, inside...

.... The landlocked region is flanked by the volatile Middle East to the west, Russia to the north, China to the east, and the Indian subcontinent to the south. As a result of its geographical location, the region has collected many diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural influences over the centuries. Despite its...

... to achieve the latter, Pakistan was to “prevent Indian hegemony, retain strategic capability, and overcome economic difficulties.” According to Khan, Pakistan’s nuclear-­related dilemma was quite cumbersome. Pakistan knew that, given its economic weakness and US opposition to its commitment...

... American accommodation of India as an emerging power (at least that was how Paki- stan perceived the US posture) and Pakistan’s powerful resolve to safeguard its security interests. In order to achieve the latter, Pakistan was to “prevent Indian hegemony, retain strategic capability, and overcome...

... reorienta- tion to the West would also likely stimulate foreign investment and access from Central Asia through Iran to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, allowing the free flow of Central Asian energy to the entire world, bypassing Russia and undermining its ability to control Eurasian energy...

... of unprec­edented feroc­ity in the tropic­al forests of Indonesia and Brazil; vast c­oral bleac­hing in the Caribbean Sea and the Pac­ific­ and the Indian Oc­eans; the near dec­imation of fish in the Atlantic­; the destruc­tion of the Blac­k Sea, whic­h the anc­ient Greeks c­alled Euxeinos Pontos, or Welc­om...

... not only to begin thinking about emerg- ing challenges in the Pacific and Indian Oceans but also to transform its role in the Middle East and how it promotes US interests in the region, advances democracy and human rights, and tackles the thorny issue of an Iran appar- ently bent on acquiring...

... Moscow to project its power into the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and beyond. Russia has important economic interests in the Black Sea, as the majority of Russian trade, including energy exports, is transported there. It has been estimated that almost three-­quarters of the traffic of tankers...

... Eland: Wars in American History  7 The real cause of the US initiation of war against Britain, however, seemed to have been the desire of the American so-­called War Hawks, elected to Congress only in 1810, to declare war on that country and invade and grab British Canada (and Western Indian...

... separating one from outsiders, foreigners, and enemies.14 It corresponds to the Bahr as Sin, the sea of the Chinese, that is, the Indian Ocean, at the other limit of the Muslim world. The Muslim world has produced its share of remarkable seamen, of whom, the great corsairs, Khairedin Barbarossa...

... at the London School of Economics who specializes in con- flict management and democratization in societies gripped by ethnic conflict. Bosnia, therefore, fits his academic specialty perfectly, and he approaches the subject after extensive previous study of ethnic conflict on the Indian subcontinent. He very...

... conflict on the Indian subcontinent. He very rightly observes that the planners at Dayton attempted to construct a multiethnic state of dis- parate, antagonistic elements, virtually a microcosm of the multiethnic Yugoslav state that had just disintegrated so spectacularly. One could therefore logically...