Chagos Archipelago

A Foreign Policy article argues the Trump administration is complicating the future of Diego Garcia, the strategic Indian Ocean base. The island sits in the Chagos Archipelago, which Britain agreed to hand over to Mauritius while keeping the US-UK base under a long lease. Commenters are debating whether Trump's approach to the UK-Mauritius treaty risks pushing Mauritius closer to China and undermining Western military positioning in the region.