India and Australia should collaborate, and a burden sharing approach between the two countries will be a good strategy to ensure security and stability in the Western Indian Ocean, Kate O’Shaughnessy, research director at the Perth USAsia Centre, a foreign policy think tank focused on Indo-Pacific strategy, said.
In an interaction with The Hindu, she pointed out that China is expanding its economic, security, and political presence in the western Indian Ocean Island States like Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, and Madagascar.
Ms. Kate, who was an Australian diplomat for 16 years, also pointed out the key areas of collaboration to strengthen ties with the western Indian Ocean Island States.
