In recent years, maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean 1 (WIO) has risen to the forefront of global priorities, ...

The mission: Secure and monetise the West Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, and the Suez Canal trade corridors. These sea lanes handle 30 percent of global trade. The opportunity is massive.

The benefits of an integrated Indian Ocean are clear and multifaceted: increased trade, better maritime security, more effective responses to climate change, just to name a few. And yet, as ...

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.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimates that over 80 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent by value is transported by sea. A substantial portion of this ...

The minister said that the Indian Ocean is not just a body of water — it is an economic lifeline. It facilitates nearly 80 per cent of global oil trade and carries a significant portion of the world’s ...

ECONOMYNEXT – The economic potential of the Indian Ocean region are vast but not yet fully realized and Sri Lanka had vision of nations rising above rivalry to protect freedom of navigation and find ...

Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been an essential space for trade, commerce, and culture. Every European power has sought to dominate it. Now, after a lull in the postwar period, control of ...

The Golden Crescent and Indian Ocean drug trade The Indian Ocean serves as a crucial maritime corridor for global trade. However, its commercial importance and vastness has made it a convenient route ...

By Jean Johnson A background essay on the Ming Dynasty, its powerful trade networks and diplomatic missions as far as Africa and the Red Sea, and the domestic tensions that ultimately changed the ...

The “Green Sea”, one of the terms used by Arabic speakers for the Arabian Sea, was linked to the wider world of commerce from ancient times with the earliest recorded contacts dating back to the Roman ...