By the mid-1400s, Christian Europe was entering the Atlantic world. Portuguese explorers sailing down Africa’s west coast sought to bypass Muslim intermediaries and reach the fabled gold of West ...
Recent investigations into bitumen trade in the Indian Ocean region have significantly enhanced our understanding of ancient economic networks and cultural interactions. Bitumen, a naturally occurring ...
When the US agreed last week to back a Sri Lankan port terminal being developed by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, it signaled an open challenge to China’s own Indian Ocean trade infrastructure known ...
Aiming to cut telecommunication costs, Indian Ocean nations are moving ahead on a fiber-optic cable project to connect countries in the region to each other and to intercontinental networks. The ...
LAMU, Kenya—Al Qaeda militants are disrupting one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, forestalling Kenya’s plans for establishing a new regional trade hub on the Indian Ocean. For ...
The stunningly biodiverse and beautiful islands of the West Indian Ocean face a growing problem of illegal wildlife trade, and hidden within it, money-laundering and corruption. Madagascar is one of ...
The logo of the Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), printed on the entrance door of the IFC-IOR building in Gurugram, India. TEMPO/Petir Garda Bhwana The briefing session with 39 ...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday highlighted changes in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which he said is "no longer ...