This Strategy Risks report examines how China is expanding its economic, digital, and political influence in Mauritius, and how that growing footprint intersects with the 2025 Chagos sovereignty transfer.

The report highlights how Chinese investment, Huawei-built surveillance and telecommunications infrastructure, and deepening institutional ties create potential pathways for intelligence collection and long-term strategic leverage. It further analyzes how the shift from British sovereignty to Mauritian control introduces new uncertainties for U.S. and U.K. operations at Diego Garcia, particularly as Mauritius balances security ties with India against increasing economic alignment with China.

Taken together, these dynamics represent a compounding strategic risk in the Indian Ocean, where Beijing does not need a formal military presence to achieve meaningful influence. Strategy Risks would like to thank the Jamestown Foundation for their partnership on this research. 

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