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The Diego Garcia dispute hits cyberspace

The dispute over the ownership of Diego Garcia and the rest of the Chagos Archipelago involves a complex array of legal, human rights, security and geopolitical issues. The United Kingdom wants to retain the islands it calls the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Mauritius wants to see the islands ceded to it. The United States wants to keep its military base. And many of the Chagossian diaspora who were forcibly removed decades ago want to return. This multi-sided dispute has now been further complicated by arguments over ownership of the territory’s internet domain – “.io”. It seems that digital players may be increasingly caught up in geopolitics.

Want a Rules-Based Order for the Indo-Pacific? Start With Diego Garcia

Want a Rules-Based Order for the Indo-Pacific? Start With Diego Garcia. The U.S. pushing for the divesting of colonialism in the Chagos Archipelago would be a good place to begin. By January 08, 2021 Advertisement For the past several years, it has been official U.S. policy to support a “rules-based order” in the Indo-Pacific. These words rang hollow while Donald Trump occupied the White House. Joe Biden, however, has a chance to turn the rhetoric into reality. He should begin by removing one of the most egregious instances of hypocrisy and rule-breaking in the region: America’s support for British control of the Chagos Archipelago.

Excerpt from A Red Line in the Sand on the challenges posed by China in the South China Sea and elsewhere

Excerpt from ‘A Red Line in the Sand’ on the challenges posed by China in the South China Sea and elsewhere David Andelman Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. (Asia Maritime Transparency Institute via David Andelman) Excerpt from “A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen,” David A. Andelman’s new book on the challenge of red lines around the world. For years, the US Navy has been examining potential responses to any such challenges posed by China that reverberate especially around the red lines it has drawn in the South China Sea. At the Office of Net Assessment (the Pentagon’s internal think tank), the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and its China Maritime Studies Institute, the Navy has been examining just how to deal resolutely with these Chinese red lines that are all contrary to established international law. Many of the potential

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