Bridging the Oceans #21: African Agency and the Indo-Pacific

<p class="LeadParagraph-module--component--43212"><em>Originally published 4 August 2021.</em></p> <p class="LeadParagraph-module--component--43212">Africa’s Indian Ocean coastline is not often discussed as part of the Indo-Pacific, but it should be.</p> <div class="Article-module--paragraphs--488a8"> <div class="TextParagraph-module--component--f8492"> <div> <p>Timothy Walker, Maritime Project Leader at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, discusses with Veerle the importance of the African littoral in different countries’ Indo-Pacific strategies, the priorities and challenges in furthering maritime security and the blue economy, and the impact of the increasing geopolitical focus on Africa on historical sensitivities in the region.</p> </div> </div> </div>