1st Edition

The Indo-Pacific Theatre Strategic Visions and Frameworks

Edited By Srabani Roy Choudhury Copyright 2023
282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

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... Read more
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Introduction

SRABANI ROYCHOUDHURY

PART 1: Advancing an Effective Security Framework

1 Strategising Institutional Arrangement in Japan’s FOIP: Quad, ASEAN and Tactical Hedging

KEI KOGA

2 The Indo-Pacific Power: The United States, the Quad and the Making of a Megaregion

PETER HARRIS

3 Australia and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: A Strategy for the Defence of a “Rules-Based Order”

LAVINA LEE

4 India, the Indo-Pacific and the Quad

G.V.C. NAIDU

5 Quad’s Roadmap: Anchoring Strategic Solutions in the Post-pandemic World

TITLI BASU

PART 2: Convergences and Divergences on China

6 China and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy: From Donald Trump to Joe Biden

WEIXING HU

7 US–China Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific: The Harding Way or the Harder Way

ZHIQUN ZHU

8 An Indian Perspective of China’s Activities in the Indo-Pacific

GAUTAM BAMBAWALE

PART 3: Unravelling the Regional Strategies

9 ASEAN Centrality: Opportunities and Challenges

DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR

10 Republic of Korea’s Indo-Pacific Approach: Reluctance and Prospect

SANDIP KUMAR MISHRA

11 Geopolitical Aspects of European Union’s Approach to Indo-Pacific

JUAN LUIS LÓPEZ-ARANGUREN

12 Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Converging Trends in European Union Strategy to Japan’s Vision

CARMEN TIRADO ROBLES

PART 4: The Quest for Economic Framework

13 The Search for Alternatives in the Indo-Pacific: The Blue Dot Network and the Resilient Supply Chain Initiative

ANIL WADHWA

14 Economic Architecture in the Indo-Pacific Region: India’s Tryst

SRABANI ROY CHOUDHURY

Biography

Srabani Roy Choudhury is Professor in Japanese Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Over three decades of association with Japan, her research has centred on Japan’s regional economic strategy and is currently focused on the Indo-Pacific region. She has been promoting Japanese studies through her teaching and supervision at her university. She was a visiting faculty of the Graduate School of Development Studies, Nagoya University (2019). She has had the opportunity to visit and conduct research through visiting fellow programmes at Research Institutes for Economics and Business Administration Kobe university (2014), Keizai Koho Centre (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) (2012) and Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance (2012).