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The Long Littoral Project: Arabian Sea
December 13, 2012

This report addresses the major security issues associated with the Arabian Sea. It includes three separate papers that address three central issues: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, examined in an essay by RADM (ret.) Michael A. McDevitt, Senior Fellow at CNA and Long Littoral Project Director, and Dr. Michael Connell, Director of CNA’s Iran Studies Program; piracy in the Arabian Sea, explored in a comprehensive assessment by Mr. Martin Murphy of the U.S. Atlantic Council; and the India-Pakistan maritime rivalry in the Arabian Sea, addressed by Dr. Satu Limaye, Director of the East-West Center’s Washington, D.C., office.

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The Long Littoral Project: Bay of Bengal
September 20, 2012

This report addresses the major security issues associated with the Bay of Bengal. In this 838,600 square mile area, security threats to numerous countries, including the United States, range from disputes over exclusive economic zones to terrorism, piracy, poaching, overfishing, and trafficking of humans, arms, and narcotics. A review of the full spectrum of threats in the Bay of Bengal reveals two dominant security challenges: nascent China-India competition and the likelihood of a natural disaster. This report explores these issues in order to assess U.S. policy options for addressing each of them. It concludes by recommending ways to manage the potential for China-India strategic rivalry and to mitigate the damage of an environmental catastrophe.

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South Asia and the Indian Ocean: The Strategic Environment, 1995
March 1, 1996
The Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, asked CNA to assess the security environment of the Asia-Pacific Region between now and 2010. This memorandum identifies the most probable evolutionary trends for the Indian Ocean Region, with particular emphasis on the largest factor, India. Research team members conducted interviews with officials, officers, and scholars in Washington, New Delhi, and Islamabad, and in Hawaii with CINCPAC staff members, and East-West Center and other University of Hawaii scholars. The project team also drew heavily on expert opinion available in Washington, at the Departments of State and Defense, at the National Defense University and from the intelligence and scholarly communities.
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Deployments of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and Other Surface Ships, 1976-1988
July 1, 1989
This information manual provides quantitative information on the post-Vietnam era history of deployments by U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and other surface ships. The data, summarized in tables and figures, span the years 1976 through 1988 and describe the geographic distribution of U.S. Navy ships in an attempt to gauge U.S. Navy presence around the world.
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RECENT CHANGES IN SOVIET NAVAL POLICY: PROSPECTS FOR ARMS LIMITATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND INDIAN OCEAN
February 1, 1981
This paper discusses recent Soviet initiatives for agreement with the United States on naval arms control, and attempts to evaluate their significance in the context of the Soviet navy's increasingly active role in support of Soviet foreign policy.
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Superpower Security Interests in the Indian Ocean Area
February 1, 1981
This paper provides an assessment of how events in Southwest Asia (particularly the Islamic revolution in Iran, the seizing of hostages in Tehran, and Soviet combat forces invading Afghanistan) have jeopardized the major interests of the superpowers and how their policies appear to be changing in response to these threats.
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The Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean
June 1, 1974
This paper discusses Soviet naval missions, illustrates them with examples of actions, and examines Soviet requirements and activities in the Indian Ocean.
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