British-Spanish Relations Sour After Gibraltar Incursion
Tensions mount after the Spanish navy tried to seize a civilian Gibraltan vessel.
Small Regions and States
Mounting Sino-Japanese Tension Amid Military Exercise
China bristles as Japan and the United States conduct joint military exercises in East Asia.
Curaçao Election Result Sparks Calls for Independence
Lawmakers in the Netherlands are fed up.
As China Rises, India Intensifies Ties with Maldives
The two South Asian nations pledge to increase cooperation in maritime security.
Nationalism Fuels East Asian Island Disputes
Political ineptitude can cause otherwise minor territorial disputes to spin out of control.
Argentina’s Claim to Falklands a Travesty
Britain can relinquish the Falklands when a majority of Argentinians returns to Spain.
Fortress Under Siege? Gibraltan Sovereignty in Jeopardy
The Spanish government has signaled an interest in renegotiating the position of the Rock. What’s at stake?
India Had No Reason to Save Maldives’ Nasheed
New Delhi ignored calls to intervene in the island nation’s coup because its former president never served India’s interests.
China Island Hopping in the Indian Ocean
Across the region, China is building a “string of pearls” of military bases in order to contain India’s rise.
“Nuclear Submarine Should Be Sent to Falklands”
Britain’s former navy chief recommends the dispatch of a submarine to the South Atlantic.
Indo-Maldives Relations Continue to Blossom
Strategic relations have survived political changes and continue to improve.
India Needs a Naval Diplomacy
Balaji Chandramohan examines India’s aim to dominate the Indian Ocean and finds its naval diplomacy lacking.
Obama Undermines British Claims in Falklands
American support for Argentina in the Falklands dispute makes no sense.
China and India’s Strings of Pearls
China and India are competing for influence across the Indian Ocean, each building bases on small islets and atolls.
High Noon in the Maldives
Two years after the Maldives turn to democracy, the islands are politically gridlocked in struggle between its president and parliament.