Index
266
customs union ...... 205-210, 212,
215, 220
economic union .... 203, 204, 206,
208-217
Free Trade Area ............ 118, 207
Eurasian Union .... 23, 201-204, 210-
216, 218, 219
two scenarios........................ 213
Friedrichs, Jörg........................... 40
geographical ......... 52, 53, 55, 56, 58
geography .................................... 52
geopolitical ........... 51-53, 56, 57, 60
geopolitics .............................. 51, 52
geopolitics of multilateralism ...... 31
globalization ........................... 38, 39
Grygiel, Jakub ........................... 104
high-risk society ........................ 182
Hormuz-Malacca axis ................. 13
Horn of Africa .............. 4, 14, 15, 49
Hu Jintao ................................... 226
Huntington, Samuel ..................... 30
Chaotic Anarchy ............... 40, 41, 47
China .. 17, 18, 20, 21, 23-37, 42, 45,
51, 55-69, 71, 73-79, 83-96, 99,
104, 114, 124-158, 160-165,
169, 170, 172-181, 187, 191,
192, 195, 202, 210, 221, 226,
227, 230, 233-237, 239-248,
250-253, 255-257, 259-264
Central Military
Commission ....................... 78
communist party .................. 176
geo-strategic competition
hypothesis ........................ 146
Chinese aid to the
Pacific Islands .................. 135
massive protests ................... 179
military spending ................. 161
One China policy ................... 79
PLAN ............................ 160, 163
strategy towards BRICS ......... 26
submarine fleet ..................... 162
understanding of
international law .............. 160
China threat ........ 126, 135, 143, 148
Choke point ................................. 68
identities ........................ see identity
identity ................................... 44, 48
India... 10, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24-27, 30,
31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42-49, 56, 61,
85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 165,
172, 187, 191, 192, 195, 202,
210, 246, 256, 263
bureaucracy in ........................ 24
Indian Ocean ... 1-16, 30, 36, 38, 41,
43, 46-49, 172
actors and their strategies ......... 6
areas of conflict ...................... 11
delimitation .............................. 3
geo-economic importance ........ 5
geopolitical significance ........... 5
China's approach to ............ 9, 12
region ............................... 38, 41
Indonesia ................... 42, 43, 46, 48
interdependence ......................... 183
Japan.......................................... 160
and NATO ............................ 172
Constitution .......................... 166
definition of militarism......... 175
Japan-U.S. alliance ............... 178
maritime law-enforcement
capability .......................... 169
multilateral security network 172
National Security Council .... 171
security treaty with the US ... 166
Kaesong ..................... 224, 226, 232
Kaplan, Robert ............................ 40
Kenya ................................ 41-44, 47
Kim Dae Jung ..................... 221-224
Kim Jong Il ................ 224, 228, 229
Kim Jong-Un ..................... 231, 232
Kim Young Sam ......................... 222
land ................................... 53, 54-59
Lee Myung Bak .................. 221, 227
Madagascar ....................... 42-44, 47
Maldives ................................ 42, 45
Mauritius ................................ 42-45
medieval analogy ......................... 38
military ................. 52, 53, 55-57, 60
military capacity .......................... 86
Millennium Development
Goals .................................... 191