Special issue: Power, politics and maritime governance in the Indian Ocean

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Notes

1. I am sincerely grateful to Kai Fürstenberg for his help and to Subrata K. Mitra and Dennis Rumley for all the advice and input that went into making this special issue possible.

2. See for example India's maritime strategy – “Freedom to Use the Seas” – Integrated Headquarters (Navy), (2007) Indian Maritime Doctrine, New Delhi.

3. See for instance, Bouchard, C. (2004) “Emergence of a new geopolitical era in the Indian Ocean: characteristics, issues and limitations of the Indianoceanic order”, in Rumley and Chaturvedi, op. cit., pp. 84–109.

4. In the last year a number of papers have been issued by leading strategic think tanks. See for example: David Michel and Russell Sticklor (Eds.) Indian Ocean Rising: Maritime Security and Policy Challenges. (Stimson Center, 2012); Colin Geraghty India in the Indian Ocean Region Re-calibrating U.S. Expectations (American Security Project, 2012); James Brown Pirates and Privateers: Managing the Indian Ocean's Private Security Boom (Lowy Institute, 2012); Thean Potgieter Maritime security in the Indian Ocean: strategic setting and features, (Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2012); the monthly newsletter Indian Ocean Watch, (Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi) established since November 2012; Dennis Rumley (Ed.) The Indian Ocean Region: Security, Stability and Sustainability in the 21st Century. (Australia India Institute, 2013)

5. For details see: http://www.thehindu.com/news/resources/timeline-the-italian-marines-case/article4538162.ece Last Accessed on 29.03.2013