Modi and the Indian Ocean: Restoring India’s Sphere of Influence

On a March 2015 trip to Seychelles and Mauritius, Narendra Modi outlined a bold framework that overturned the political approach that India had taken towards the Indian Ocean for half a century.  Beginning in the late 1960s, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked all major powers to withdraw from the Indian Ocean out of concern for … Continue reading Modi and the Indian Ocean: Restoring India’s Sphere of Influence