Samuel Bashfield, Author at Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

Decolonizing Diego Garcia: A Boon for India?

By Samuel Bashfield | April 13, 2023 | Categories: AMTI Update

India has invested significant sums and resources in constructing and negotiating its military footprint in the Indian Ocean. Delhi has expanded its presence in the Andaman Islands and developed Mauritius’ Agaléga into a base. However, despite its tacit support spanning decades, one key island has remained off limits to Indian military planners: Diego Garcia. Despite […]

Agaléga’s Strategic Value: in the Eye of the Beholder

By Samuel Bashfield and Alexander Lee | November 29, 2022 | Categories: AMTI Update

In 2021, satellite images surfaced depicting the development of a military facility on North Agaléga island, part of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. It emerged that Indian workers were laying the groundwork for an Indian naval military facility. CSIS in May 2022 released images of hangers on Agaléga, big enough to house India’s […]