All posts by "David Shinn"

David has been teaching in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University since 2001. He served previously in the U.S. Foreign Service for 37 years including as ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.

By the former US Ambassador David H. Shinn. The Indian Ocean occupies about 14 percent of the earth’s surface and nearly 50 percent of world trade transits these waters.  Since the beginning ...