A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves
In recent years the Indian Ocean has received significant attention from the defence-intellectual community in the United States. However, the actual strategic importance of the region to US interests is less clear. In an environment of fiscal austerity, if commitments abroad are not firmly linked t...
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Routledge
2012
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| author | Ladwig, WC |
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| description | In recent years the Indian Ocean has received significant attention from the defence-intellectual community in the United States. However, the actual strategic importance of the region to US interests is less clear. In an environment of fiscal austerity, if commitments abroad are not firmly linked to interests, any significant involvement in a region of secondary concern could contribute to ‘imperial overstretch’. The ‘Neo-Nixon Doctrine’ outlined here calibrates American interests and regional commitments by devolving primary responsibility for regional security to the major democratic powers in the Indian Ocean, whom the US would bolster with aid and advice. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f66bf690-0b9c-4e77-a4e5-e062b072a9b02024-10-23T09:59:26ZA Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselvesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f66bf690-0b9c-4e77-a4e5-e062b072a9b0EnglishORA DepositRoutledge2012Ladwig, WCIn recent years the Indian Ocean has received significant attention from the defence-intellectual community in the United States. However, the actual strategic importance of the region to US interests is less clear. In an environment of fiscal austerity, if commitments abroad are not firmly linked to interests, any significant involvement in a region of secondary concern could contribute to ‘imperial overstretch’. The ‘Neo-Nixon Doctrine’ outlined here calibrates American interests and regional commitments by devolving primary responsibility for regional security to the major democratic powers in the Indian Ocean, whom the US would bolster with aid and advice. |
| spellingShingle | Ladwig, WC A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
| title | A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
| title_full | A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
| title_fullStr | A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
| title_short | A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: helping states help themselves |
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