Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean: Indian and American Perspectives

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1. Emerging Security Issues in the Indian Ocean: An American Perspective......Page 23
Origins of External Interest in the Indian Ocean......Page 26
Southwest Asia and American Strategy in the Indian Ocean......Page 38
Missions of the Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean......Page 48
Expansion of Littoral Navies......Page 52
A Superpower \"Rivalry\"?......Page 61
2. Emerging Security Issues in the Indian Ocean: An Indian Perspective......Page 95
The United States......Page 96
The Soviet Union......Page 107
India......Page 112
Other Powers......Page 118
Moscow, Washington, and Indian Ocean Arms Control......Page 122
3. Emerging Economic Issues in the Indian Ocean: An American Perspective......Page 144
The 200-Mile Exclusive Economic Zone......Page 146
The Deep-Seabed Mining of Nodules......Page 152
The Antarctic Treaty......Page 164
Redesigning the \"Common Heritage\" Concept......Page 171
The Future in the Oceans......Page 179
Conflict Over Ocean Resources......Page 183
Seapower, Resources, and Strategy in the Indian Ocean......Page 186
Oil, the Gulf, and U.S. Security......Page 190
The Mythology of Strategic Minerals......Page 196
Non-Living Resources in the Region......Page 204
Antarctic Issues......Page 211
India\'s Ocean Policy and the United States......Page 213
5. Arms Limitation in the Indian Ocean: Retrospect and Prospect......Page 234
India and the Zone of Peace......Page 235
Why the 1977-78 Negotiations Failed......Page 241
The Prospects for Indian Ocean Arms Control......Page 246
6. India, the United States, and Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean......Page 257
The Politics of Bases in the Indian Ocean......Page 260
India, the Soviet Union, and the United States......Page 272
Afghanistan: After the Soviet Withdrawal......Page 282
Avenues to Détente in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf......Page 289
Appendix: Conclusion and Recommendations of the Indo-American Task Force on the Indian Ocean......Page 298
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I......Page 308
K......Page 310
M......Page 311
N......Page 312
P......Page 313
S......Page 314
T......Page 317
U......Page 318
V......Page 319
Z......Page 320