#127 South Africa and Security Building In The Indian Ocean Rim (1998) By Greg Mills
 
Through an examination of the nature of the security agenda in Indian Ocean rim 0oru shtes and in- the light of ongoing diplomatic initiatives in the regioru this study provides a number of policy guidelines both for assessing the likely success of the various IOR initiatives, and, specifically, for addressing regional security difficulties. The IOR remains a diverse and geographically nebulous region in which there is no corunon view of security. There is also a danger that the embryonic IOR bade facilitation proc€ss rnay be undermined if security issues are handled within the first-track IOR Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Although the second-track diplomatic process rnay h a less contentious forum for dealing with these issues, the political will and the funding neoessary for this to progress are currently lacking. Against a backdrop of the increasing importance of rnaritinp issues in developing c)untries, naval cooperation could significantly enhance and improve regional confidence, and act also as a confidence.building measure. An IOR Naval Symposium, based on the template provided by the Western Pacific Naval Symposiur4 could be a most appropriate format for addressing IOR maritime issues.
 
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139 pages
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