Forget Malacca, India may lock China’s backyard – what’s behind the Agaléga Island game?
Forget Malacca, India may lock China’s backyard – what’s behind the Agaléga Island game?
As strategic competition in the Indian Ocean intensifies, Agaléga is no longer being seen as merely a remote island territory. It is increasingly turning into an important part of India’s maritime planning in a region where trade routes, naval access and surveillance capabilities are becoming more important than ever before.
As strategic competition in the Indian Ocean intensifies, Agaléga is no longer being seen as merely a remote island territory. It is increasingly turning into an important part of India’s maritime planning in a region where trade routes, naval access and surveillance capabilities are becoming more important than ever before.