Author: Hari Godara

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Hari Godara is a doctoral candidate at Jindal School of International Affairs, O P Jindal Global University. He works as Research Associate at China Watch, London Politica, and Research Assistant at the Center for Security Studies, OPJG University. He has pursued a PGD in International Law and Diplomacy, a Postgraduate degree in Political Science from Kurukshetra University, and Bachelor's in Economics and HRM from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

Chagos- An Archipelago of Broken Dreams and Geopolitics of Relevance. - Asiana Times

Chagos- An Archipelago of Broken Dreams and Geopolitics of Relevance.

Geopolitics

The Chagos is a small archipelago with 60 islands situated at almost 434 nautical miles from the Maldives to its south. The geopolitics of relevance of this politically obscured piece of land can be easily comprehended through the presence of a US Military base on the largest island of this archipelago i.e., Diego Garcia. Since the Cold War era, the Chagos archipelago has been an essential asset for the US for power projection in the Indian Ocean region which has now attracted international attention for being called a “continuation of colonial crimes by UK and USA” by Human Right Watch…

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