Indian Ocean
What to watch across Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean connects energy security, merchant shipping, submarine routes, and naval access in ways that increasingly shape Indo-Pacific planning.
Sea routes, chokepoints, Gulf-Asia linkages, and the Indian Ocean connections that inform wider regional policy.
Countries and places
Coverage here connects shipping and energy disruptions with policy choices across the wider Indo-Pacific.
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Topics to follow alongside this region
Maritime Security
Navies, coast guards, maritime disputes, and the sea lanes central to regional security and commerce.
Diplomacy & Statecraft
Leader-level meetings, coalition building, smaller groupings, and the negotiations behind joint statements.
Politics & Governance
Elections, cabinets, civil-military relations, protest movements, and the domestic mandates behind foreign policy.
Trade & Supply Chains
Ports, shipping, critical minerals, industrial policy, and the routes linking factories to strategy.
Economy & Markets
Growth, currencies, debt, investment, and the economic choices that expand or constrain state power.
Defense Industry
Shipyards, missiles, procurement, co-production, and the factories behind military posture.
Technology & Chips
Semiconductors, export controls, telecom infrastructure, AI competition, and digital sovereignty.
Pacific Islands
Politics, climate finance, regional partnerships, and the local priorities that inform Pacific decision-making.
Climate & Resilience
Climate security, disaster response, food systems, migration, water, and the politics of adaptation finance.
Energy & Infrastructure
Grid security, LNG, undersea cables, strategic ports, and financing contests around hard infrastructure.
Law, Sanctions & Policy
Domestic legislation, maritime law, sanctions design, and the regulatory layer underneath competition.