Two months ago I wrote an article which attempted to set out the reasons for the UK’s decision to reach an agreement with Mauritius for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago. In the meantime, Donald Trump won the US presidential election, a new government was voted into power in Mauritius and political and … Read more
The Chagos Archipelago is an isolated, mostly uninhabited group of approximately 60 atolls scattered across the Indian Ocean. The largest of these, Diego Garcia, is home to one of the most secret and strategically important US military bases in the entire Indo-Pacific region. The base and the islands have a notorious past. After being colonized … Read more
Since the announcement on October 3 of the conclusion of an agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius for the transfer of sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, there have been numerous political and media comments. Some of them were well informed, others less so. In the latter category, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the … Read more