The Indo-Pacific Theatre: Strategic Visions and Frameworks

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This book studies the internal framework of the Indo-Pacific region and examines the strategic issues faced by the countries that belong to it. Over the years, the Indo-Pacific region has become a prime driver of global economic growth and has generated considerable interest from countries both within and without. The region is now witnessing an intensified great power competition for greater geostrategic space, thus shaping the 21st-century world order. The volume focuses on the emerging strategies of the main actors involved in this competition. It discusses various key issues such as the purpose of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and its post-pandemic agenda, the conceptualisation of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) amid an intensifying Sino-US great power competition, the strategies of ASEAN and South Korea, China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific, economic architecture and supply chain disruption in the region, as well as the geopolitical strategy of the European Union for the Indo-Pacific. A crucial study of the Indo-Pacific region in the post-COVID-19 world, the book gives fresh insights into the areas of convergence and divergence in the strategic visions of the many regional actors. It will be of great interest to policymakers as well as students and academics in the fields of political science, international relations, foreign policy, geopolitics, security studies, strategic studies, as well as area studies, namely East and Southeast Asian studies, European Union studies, American studies and Australian studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures Contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Advancing an Effective Security Framework Chapter 1 Strategising Institutional Arrangement in Japan’s FOIP: Quad, ASEAN and Tactical Hedging Chapter 2 The Indo-Pacific Power: The United States, the Quad and the Making of a Megaregion Chapter 3 Australia and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: A Strategy for the Defence of a “Rules-Based Order” Chapter 4 India, the Indo-Pacific and the Quad Chapter 5 Quad’s Roadmap: Anchoring Strategic Solutions in the Post-pandemic World Part 2 Convergences and Divergences on China Chapter 6 China and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy: From Donald Trump to Joe Biden Chapter 7 US–China Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific: The Harding Way or the Harder Way Chapter 8 An Indian Perspective of China’s Activities in the Indo-Pacific Part 3 Unravelling the Regional Strategies Chapter 9 ASEAN Centrality: Opportunities and Challenges Chapter 10 Republic of Korea’s Indo-Pacific Approach: Reluctance and Prospect Chapter 11 Geopolitical Aspects of European Union’s Approach to Indo-Pacific Chapter 12 Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Converging Trends in European Union Strategy to Japan’s Vision Part 4 The Quest for Economic Framework Chapter 13 The Search for Alternatives in the Indo-Pacific: The Blue Dot Network and the Resilient Supply Chain Initiative Chapter 14 Economic Architecture in the Indo-Pacific Region: India’s Tryst Index