Chagos islands: how Mauritius can turn a diplomatic triumph into real economic growth

By Dev K (Roshan) Boojihawon, Associate professor of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
Samuel Adomako, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation, University of Birmingham

The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

The Indian Ocean islands are strategically situated near key shipping lanes and regional power hubs.

Mauritius was granted independence from British colonial rule in 1965. But not the Chagos islands, which had been part of Mauritius but became a

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