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| Title: | Security and nationalism in the Indian Ocean: lessons from the Latin Quarter Islands |
| Author: | Allen, Philip M. |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Pages: | 260 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Westview special studies in international relations |
| City of publisher: | Boulder |
| Publisher: | Westview Press |
| ISBN: | 0813371716 |
| Geographic term: | Indian Ocean islands |
| Subjects: | nationalism economic dependence defence |
| Abstract: | The author discusses the historical legacies of British power and French cultural tradition in Madagascar, Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Comoros and Réunion, the influence of 20th-century nationalism in Asia and Africa, the islands' vulnerability to the vicissitudes of international markets, and the competition in the region between major security systems. After sketching a millennium of Indian Ocean history, he profiles each island, emphasizing its unique response to the pressures of underdevelopment, dependence, and national self-determination. Arguing that the conflicting dynamics between nationalism and international dependence represent a startling irony, he shows that external intervention is welcomed for the sake of security but that the outside powers' pursuit of their own economic and strategic interests constrains national aspirations of the island countries and frustrates the emergence of national autonomy and regional cooperation. Two appendices: UN General Assembly resolution 2832 (XXVI) declaring the Indian Ocean a zone of peace, 1971 - UN General Assembly resolution 41/87 on the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace, December 1986. |