Trends & Tribulations in the Indo-Pacific (original) (raw)

THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION: The Emerging Geopolitical and Security Environment (2018)

The Indo-Pacific region stretches from the eastern Indian Ocean shores of Africa and West Asia to the littoral countries of the western Pacific. The region constitutes the ‘maritime underbelly’ of Asia, and is the fastest growing region in the world; and in a few decades, is likely to witness what may be referred to as ‘Renaissance 2.0’. The region is, therefore, ripe with enormous opportunities, not only for regional countries, but also for the rest of the global community. And yet, the region is beset with equally colossal security risks that emanate from inter alia the rise of China - that is not satisfied with ‘status quo’ in the global order including established international law and norms; strategic rivalries and the attendant security dilemma and arms race; issues of governance including maritime jurisdictions; the proliferation of malevolent non-state actors involved in maritime crimes and terrorism; and so on. The book is a collation of commentaries that analyse the trends with regard to the geopolitical and maritime security environment, along with the naval developments, in the Indo-Pacific in the past half-decade or so.

Recalibrating the ASEAN security community

2006

IDSS Commentaries are intended to provide timely and, where appropriate, policy relevant background and analysis of contemporary developments. The views of the authors are their own and do not represent the official position of IDSS.

ASEAN Outlook on The Indo-Pacific: Politics and Security Challenges on The Indo-Pacific Dynamics

International Law' Student, 2024

It is not every day that we get to see a region being born, or in the Indo-Pacific’s case, perhaps, reborn. And yet, that is precisely what we appear to be witnessing as a consequence of the growing interest in, and even importance of, the ‘Indo-Pacific’ as a focus of scholarly and policy-making attention. At the outset, however, it needs to be recognised that regions are ultimately socially constructed and dependent on processes of recognition, identification and membership that make their exact contours contests and potentially fluid. True, some regions are inherently more likely than others, but they require embedding in social and institutional reality if they are ever to amount to anything more than ‘visionary’ statements, no matter how well intentioned, timely or even functionally necessary such ideas may seem. In this context, processes of regionalism, or the intentional efforts of state-based policymakers to create new cross-border relationships, rationales and responsibilities, are potentially important and illustrative of different dynamics at work in the international system. This is what makes the Indo-Pacific such an interesting case study, of course. ASEAN seeks to manage its relationships with great powers by championing the principles of inclusiveness and neutrality (and maximizing its diplomatic leverage through protecting its privilege to define what these terms mean.) If ASEAN is seen to support the Free and Open Indo-Pacific concept, its cover of inclusiveness and neutrality will be blown.

Key issues in Asia Pacific security : Senior Policy Seminar 2001

2001

The Senior Policy Seminar Series summarizes discussions and conclusions at an annual meeting of senior security officials and analysts from countries of the Asia Pacific region sponsored by the East-West Center. These seminars facilitate nonofficial, frank, and non-attribution discussions of regional security issues. The summary reflects the diverse perspectives of the participants and does not necessarily represent the views of the East-West Center.

Geopolitics of the Asia Pacific

The major military powers of the Asia-Pacific have been increasing their military capacities in recent times, threatening a 21 st -century arms race amid rising regional tensions and overall geostrategic rivalry. While numerous Regional Government Organizations (RGOs) have also become more prominent in the Asia-Pacific, it remains a major diplomatic challenge whether these will prove to be capable of addressing and solving the increasingly concerning security issues of the region. 昨今、地域間の緊張と戦略地政学上の対立関係が高まる中で、アジア・太平洋地域の 主要国家による軍事力の増強が 21 世紀の軍備競争に拍車をかけている。アジア・太平 洋地域で多く見られるようになったＲＧＯが、増し加わる地域安全問題への懸念を明 らかにし、解決に導くことができるかどうかが重要な外交上の課題となっている。 Asia Summit (EAS), are widely considered a positive development, confirmation of the importance of states in the region engaging in greater economic and diplomatic cooperation. A parallel development amid the relatively strong economic growth of many countries of the region has been the increase in defence expenditure enabled by developing economies, with the resulting desire by Asia-Pacific states to project greater geostrategic influence. This has led to the present situation