Center Stage for the Twenty-first Century
Already the world's preeminent energy and trade interstate seaway, the Indian Ocean will matter even more as India and China enter into a...
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Prepared by: Brian Morris
March/April 2009
"Center Stage for the Twenty-first Century" by Robert D. Kaplan
Foreign Affairs March/April 2009
Already the world’s preeminent energy and trade interstate seaway, the Indian Ocean will matter even more as India and China enter into a dynamic great-power rivalry in these waters.
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