The UK government’s efforts to decolonise the Chagos Islands remain mired in legal controversy.
- Professor of Comparative and Plural law, Newcastle University
A battle for influence between the US and China in the region, is giving Pacific island states more influence.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
Contracts for exploring the deep sea are due to expire before a safe mining code can be agreed.
An effort to increase such areas can pose a particular threat to island overseas territories.
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