“What this book is really about is the last phase of Western dominance in the Indian Ocean,” author Robert D. Kaplan told a Beyond the Headlines event audience at IPI featuring his book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power.
The book posits the premise that while the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were the 20th century venues of significant economic, geopolitical and military developments, in the 21st century the central arena will be the Indian Ocean.
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