Japan’s Infrastructure Investment in the Indian Ocean: Checking China, Securing the Sea Lanes (Hidetaka YOSHIMATSU, IFRI)

In the 2010s, Japan gradually increased economic connections with the Indian Ocean region (IOR) through trade, foreign direct investment, and official development assistance (ODA).

In particular, Japan began to consider the IOR a major destination of investment in maritime infrastructure represented by port facilities. Japan’s increasing engagements in connectivity development are seen in quite a few areas in the IOR such as the ports of Trincomalee and Colombo in Sri Lanka, Mombasa Port in Kenya, Matarbari Port in Bangladesh, and infrastructure facilities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.

Japan’s Infrastructure Investment in the Indian Ocean: Checking China, Securing the Sea Lanes | IFRI – Institut français des relations internationales

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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