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- Title
The Partial Promise of Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific: A Case Study of the Chagos Archipelago.
- Authors
HARRIS, PETER
- Abstract
Will the emerging rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific insulate the region's small island states from the vicissitudes of great-power competition? In this article, the author uses evidence from the Chagos dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom to argue that the Indo-Pacific's norms, rules, processes, and institutions (such as they exist) are demonstrably insufficient to protect the interests of small island states. Rather, the Indo-Pacific order is just like any other international order, past or present: a bundle of unevenly applied rules and institutions. Even if it is imperfect, however, the Indo-Pacific's rules-based order still has some potential to redound to the benefit of small island states, if navigated strategically. The case of the Chagos Archipelago highlights the limitations and the partial promise of the Indo-Pacific order.
- Subjects
GREAT powers (International relations); ARCHIPELAGOES; RULES; STRATEGIC planning; CHAGOSSIANS
- Publication
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 7, p32
- ISSN
2576-5361
- Publication type
Article