Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Crucible for Survival: Earth, Rain, Fire, and Wind -- Chapter 2: Securitizing the Indian Ocean Region: Concrete Entity and Geopolitical Imaginations -- Chapter 3: The Post-Tsunami Indian Ocean Region: Emerging Perspectives on Environmental Security -- Chapter 4: Coasts Under Pressure: Marine and Coastal Environmental Security in the Indian Ocean Context -- Part II: Earth -- Chapter 5: Earth Security in the Indian Ocean Region: Food, Fisheries, and Biodiversity -- Chapter 6: Food and Environmental Security in the Indian Ocean Region: Interrogating the GM Doubly green Revolution -- Chapter 7: Plundered Waters: Somalia's Maritime Resource Insecurity -- Chapter 8: Responses and Resilience of Fisherfolks on the Tsunami Event in Southern Thailand -- Part III: Rain -- Chapter 9: The Essence of Life: Water Security in the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 10: Mapping the Mekong Basin: Geopolitical Imaginations and Contestations -- Chapter 11: Water Resources Development and Water Conflicts in Two Indian Ocean States -- Chapter 12: Struggles for River Security: Movements Against Dams -- Part IV: Fire -- Chapter 13: Fire and Firepower: Energy Security in the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 14: Issues of Energy Security and the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 15: Gas Pipelines and Security in South and Southeast Asia: A Critical Perspective -- Chapter 16: The Uranium Trade in the Indian Ocean Region -- Part V: Wind -- Chapter 17: Wind: Air Security in the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 18: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Development in Small Island States and Territories of the Indian Ocean -- Chapter 19: Climate Security: An Australian Perspective.

Chapter 20: Environmental Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Basin: A Comparative Analysis of the Indus Basin Treaty and the Malé Declaration -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Chapter 21: The Politics of Hope: Understanding Environmental Justice and Security in the Indian Ocean Region Within a Post-Colonialist Frame -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index.