Timothy Doyle is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Adelaide in Australia and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI), Curtin University, Western Australia. He is also Emeritus Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University in the United Kingdom

Graham Seal is Professor and Director of the Australia-Asia Pacific Institute at Curtin University, Western Australia.

This book examines a number of themes emerging from Curtin University's 2014 Conference entitled "Indian Ocean Futures", which attracted some of the best Indian Ocean region scholars. The conference connected humanities, social sciences and scientific disciplines; this book collects some of the preeminent works focused on geo-strategic, cultural, environmental security and human security themes.

Foreword 1. Indian Ocean futures: new partnerships, new alliances and academic diplomacy 2. Fluid ontologies in the search for MH370 3. An Indo-Pacific norm entrepreneur? Australia and defence diplomacy 4. An Indian Ocean dilemma: Sino-Indian rivalry and China's strategic vulnerability in the Indian Ocean 5. Green urbanism in the Indian Ocean region 6. Changing local weather and adaptation in two coastal villages in Bangladesh 7. Styling multilateralism: Indian Ocean cultural futures 8. Understanding the climate-sensitive decisions and information needs of island communities 9. An East African perspective for paradigm shift on maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region