Pan-regional constructions in the Indian Ocean are of relatively
recent origin, are contested and remain relatively weak at present.
Sub-regional constructions, on the other hand, have tended to be
more focussed, especially in terms of security, and have generally
been more successful.
The principal purpose of this volume is to critically evaluate
the debates surrounding these issues and to elucidate some of the
main strengths and weaknesses of regionalism at both scales. The
discussion begins at the pan-regional scale with an evaluation of
pan-regional contestation, followed up by a chapter on the main
pan-regional grouping Indian Ocean Region-Association for Regional
Cooperation (IOR-ARC) which was renamed Indian Ocean Rim
Association (IORA) in 2013. Thereafter, key examples of
sub-regional groupings South Asia, ASEAN, SADC and GCC are
critically discussed in turn.
The principal readership for this volume will be: scholars of
geography, politics and international relations; students of Indian
Ocean studies; regionalism experts; bureaucrats and politicians
both within and outside the Indian Ocean Region who wish to gain
insights into Indian Ocean matters; scholars who appreciate a view
of regional relations from the inside .
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of the
Indian Ocean Region."
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