Indian Ocean

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This will likely lead, among other things, to an intensification of Sino-Indian competition in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But the armed group has previously attacked shipping in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which ships use to access the Red Sea and, ultimately, the Suez Canal from the Indian Ocean.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Oil tankers and cargo ships arriving from the Indian Ocean pass through it to reach the Red Sea and then the Suez Canal, where they enter the Mediterranean, and vice versa.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The waterway connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

It made Tendai think of the storms that blew out of the Indian Ocean.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer