{"id":3200,"date":"2018-03-27T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2018-03-27T23:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:29:11","slug":"power-plays-in-the-indian-ocean-the-great-game-goes-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/03\/27\/power-plays-in-the-indian-ocean-the-great-game-goes-to-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"POWER PLAYS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: THE \u201cGREAT GAME\u201d GOES TO SEA ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2411\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-1024x823.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-560x450.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-260x209.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-160x129.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Offiziere<\/p>\n<p>By Paul Pryce<\/p>\n<p>Even as tensions simmer between India and China on the Doklam Plateau, where troops from both sides engaged in a two-month standoff in 2017 over Chinese efforts to build a road through territory disputed by India and Bhutan, the rivalry continues unabated at sea \u2014 namely, in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).<\/p>\n<p>Although India has long enjoyed a relatively undisputed dominion over these waters, China has stepped up its military presence in recent years. In 2016, China began construction of a naval base in Djibouti, ostensibly to support regional efforts to combat piracy.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2017, Sri Lanka signed a debt-to-equity swap with China, granting a 99-year lease on the port of Hambantota.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : https:\/\/www.offiziere.ch\/?p=33179<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Offiziere By Paul Pryce Even as tensions simmer between India and China on the Doklam Plateau, where troops from both sides engaged in a two-month standoff in 2017 over Chinese efforts to build a road through territory disputed by India and Bhutan, the rivalry continues unabated at sea \u2014 namely, in the Indian Ocean&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/03\/27\/power-plays-in-the-indian-ocean-the-great-game-goes-to-sea\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">POWER PLAYS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: THE \u201cGREAT GAME\u201d GOES TO SEA ?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80,276],"class_list":["post-3200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","tag-china","tag-india","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3201,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}