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Gendering the Indo-Pacific Dialogue: Opportunities for India and Australia
Introduction The confluence of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean as a distinctive, interdependent strategic and economic space is fundamentally transforming how both India and Australia operate with the broader region. Both countries view the Indo-Pacific as a construct…
Western Indian Ocean: The Missing Piece in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
In a long-delayed move, the White House announced its intent to integrate African states into Indo-Pacific forums, according to its latest strategy document for Sub-Saharan Africa from August 2022. The Biden administration’s expansion of the geographic definition of the Indo-Pacific…
Reaffirming Partnerships: Can Biden’s Asia Trip Leave a Lasting Impact on the Indo-Pacific?
From May 20th to 24th, U.S. President Joe Biden embarked on his maiden trip to Asia. In South Korea, Biden emphasized the need for greater supply chain connectivity and security in the Indo-Pacific with ROK President Yoon Suk-Yeol. In Japan…
Trade In The New Indo-Pacific: Moving Towards Gender Inclusivity and Openness
As countries in the Indo-Pacific progress towards rebuilding the region’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital to lay a foundation for a more equitable and sustainable future. The global economy suffers in entirety when women…
The UK-India Partnership and Britain’s Indo-Pacific Tilt
In March 2021, the UK Government published the Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, a landmark policy document defining Britain’s international role in the aftermath of the UK’s departure from the European Union. This is the…
The Pitfalls of Great-Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific
Few would disagree that the term “Indo-Pacific” has now found a front-and-center place in diplomatic lexicon and geo-strategic thinking across regional and extra-regional countries, almost replacing the longstanding “Asia-Pacific” conceptualization of the region. The intellectual roots of the term can…