ASEAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN The Key Maritime Links Edito rs: Sam Bateman , Jane Chan , Euan Graham The views represented in this document are not a reflection of the views and policies of any government but solely those of the authors. The document also represents a compromised rather than a consensus view and the authors are not agreed on every single issue. RSIS POLICY PAPER

The Indo-Pacific region s an area of both relative insecurity and strategic stability. It contains some significant flashpoints and has its fair share of border issues, acts of terrorism and overlapping maritime claims. Robert Kaplan has argued in Foreign Affairs that the Indian Ocean could be centre stage for the challenges of the twenty-first century, and that the maritime dimension is the key element of how geopolitics might play out.
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