Lusophone geopolitics: blue economy and maritime security in contemporary Mozambique’s geopolitics

Francisco Proença Garcia; Sónia Ribeiro

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-0455-6_19

Lusophone geopolitics: blue economy and maritime security in contemporary Mozambique’s geopolitics

Francisco Proença Garcia^*, Sónia Ribeiro

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Departing from the concept of Blue Geopolitics, we focus on both blue economy and security to reflect on Mozambique’s contemporary geopolitical challenges and development opportunities. Mozambique has been developing a maritime security policy and an MSP and intends to develop the country’s blue economy. Mozambique plays a major role in regional geopolitics and geoeconomics. The control of the Mozambique Channel and the Development Corridors, as well as the offshore energy resources potential, represent new opportunities for the nation’s economy, but also challenges to security. The chapter proposes to reflect on these topics and proposes a political and strategic framework for Mozambique to better manage the tensions arising from these challenges, as well as taking (economic) advantage of the opportunities that are emerging.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Portugal and the lusophone world
Subtitle of host publication	law, geopolitics and institutional cooperation
Editors	Paulo Afonso B. Duarte, Rui Albuquerque, António Manuel Lopes Tavares
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	379-400
Number of pages	22
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789819904556
ISBN (Print)	9789819904549, 9789819904570
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0455-6_19
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Blue geopolitics
Blue economy
Maritime security
Mozambique Channel
Sustainability
Maritime borders delimitation

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Garcia, F. P., & Ribeiro, S. (2023). Lusophone geopolitics: blue economy and maritime security in contemporary Mozambique’s geopolitics. In P. A. B. Duarte, R. Albuquerque, & A. M. L. Tavares (Eds.), Portugal and the lusophone world: law, geopolitics and institutional cooperation (1 ed., pp. 379-400). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0455-6_19

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Lusophone geopolitics: blue economy and maritime security in contemporary Mozambique’s geopolitics. / Garcia, Francisco Proença ; Ribeiro, Sónia.
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