The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the intentions of major powers’ relations with small island nations.
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The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to claim a meaningful victory.
When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
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Professor of Anthropology of Migration, University of Edinburgh
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