Crouching tiger, hidden dragon : the Indian Ocean and the maritime balance of power in historical perspective

• Main Author: Chew, Emrys
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90452; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4400
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Indian Ocean since ancient times was an important goe-strategic arena of inter-regional unities held together informally by trade winds and diplomatic relations. In the geographical and historical convergence of East and West, Asians, Africans and Europeans interacted with one another over a pe...