LIBERAL UTOPIA, SUPERETATISM AND HYBRID CORPORATION-STATE: COMPETITION BETWEEN MODELS IN THE XVI-XVIII CENTURIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
The article describes the change of models that dominated the trade zone of the Indian Ocean in the XVI-XVIII centuries. The initially established system of relations can be characterized as a market economy, free from state control. The invasion of the Portuguese led to the establishment of hardline etatism, which stood out even among contemporary European countries. The article further discusses the reasons why Portuguese Estado da India lost against the Dutch East India Company. The latter embodied the new model, combining the features of a private joint-stock company and a state that has its own armed forces and independently makes foreign policy decisions. The new model, perceived by the main competitors of the Dutch, the British East India Company, was much more able to intervene in the economic, political and social life of Asian countries. The victory of this model led to the absorption of the empire, built by British company, and establishment the regime of “free trade imperialism” in its place.