Indo-Pacific Archives

Two Japanese Scholars’ Visions for the Indo-Pacific: An Assessment

Two influential Japanese scholars’ visions of the Indo-Pacific region offer divergent perspectives on the evolution of thinking on the concept among Japanese strategists.

India and Japan: A Natural Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

Arnab Dasgupta
September-October 2024
Strategic Analysis

Australia’s Quest for ‘Strategic Equilibrium’ in the Indo-Pacific

Australia’s pursuit of strategic equilibrium has become the defining feature of its foreign policy in recent times.

Emerging Security-Related Equations in Southeast Asia

New mini-laterals are taking shape to address the considerable challenges facing the ASEAN-centered regional security architecture.

Temjenmeren Ao
19 April 2024
Issue Brief

ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific Priorities

ASEAN’s recent initiatives towards the Indo-Pacific help cement its centrality further while maintaining the grouping’s autonomy.

Yukti Panwar
November 10, 2023
IDSA Comments

European Engagements in the Indo-Pacific

European countries have upped their engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, in the pursuit of their geo-strategic and economic interests.

Karan Phular
April 28, 2023
Backgrounder

Canada, South Korea and the Indo-Pacific

Canada and the Republic of Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategies signal a major transformation in their respective foreign policy outlook.

R. Vignesh
February 08, 2023
IDSA Comments

A Decade of US ‘Pivot to Asia’

The Biden administration has further reinforced and strengthened US strategic priorities towards the Indo-Pacific, a decade after the ‘Pivot to Asia’ by the Obama administration.

Anushka Saxena
October 27, 2022
IDSA Comments

The Pacific Islands and Geopolitical Jostling: Can India Play a Stabilising Role?

India can carve a niche as a capacity-builder in helping the southern Pacific countries meet developmental goals and tackle climate change.

Shruti Pandalai , Akash Sahu , Shruti Sharma
September 02, 2022
Issue Brief

Eastwards Ho? India’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific

Eastwards Ho? India’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific edited by E. Sridharan comprising 15 essays by renowned experts on Asian geopolitics, seeks to place India on the strategic map of the evolving Indo-Pacific region as an economic and geopolitical power. At the outset, the editor provides a succinct overview of economic integration in Asia, particularly of China with its neighbours reflected in a massive increase in bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs).