Tag: Indo Pacific

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Daily news – February 3, 2022 a.m.

AFRICA Artificial intelligence creeps on to the African Battlefield. Nathaniel Allen, Marian “Ify” Okpali, Brookings: Even as the world’s leading militaries race to adopt artificial...

Germany ramps up Indo-Pacific engagement (Vanessa Geidel, The Strategist)

After 16 years of Angela Merkel’s leadership, a tight race on election night and almost two months of coalition negotiations in Germany, the Social...

ASEAN and the new geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific (Amitav Acharya, East Asia Forum)

Southeast Asia is no stranger to strategic competition. But its ‘new geopolitics’ is different from those that existed during the Cold War. In fighting communism,...

The India–Russia strategic partnership is key to Indo-Pacific stability (Joshy M Paul, East Asia Forum)

India and Russia held their first ever 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brief visit to India on 6 December. Both countries...

Australia’s Indo-Pacific fortunes are in Biden’s hands (Susannah Patton, East Asia Forum)

Australia and China both had diplomatic wins in Southeast Asia this year, particularly through the region’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Both Canberra...

Blinken vows stronger Indo-Pacific ties, slams ‘aggressive’ China (Al Jazeera)

The United States’s top diplomat says Washington will expand its military and economic relationships with partner countries in an Indo-Pacific region that he said...

Secretary Blinken’s Remarks on a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivered an address on the United States’ commitment to the security and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 14.  The United States is a proud Indo-Pacific nation, and...

On Myanmar, Japan Alone Must Hold the Line (Yusuke Watanabe, The National Interest)

As China and Russia loom large over Myanmar’s fate, Japan’s continued engagement with the Tatmadaw would be a much-needed democratic counterweight restraining the global...

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific: Stakeholders Weigh their Wins and Losses (Harsh V.Pant, Rahul Kamath, ORF)

The trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS), announced on 15 September 2021, has instantly become a matter...

COVID-19 curbs China’s power in Indo-Pacific, risks of war ‘significant’ – report (Reuters)

The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present a "significant" risk of war, the Lowy...

US Needs Indo-Pacific Force ‘Enhancements,’ Global Posture Review Finds (Tara Copp, Defense One)

The Biden administration has approved the Pentagon’s 2021 Global Posture Review, which calls for more rotations and presence in the Indo-Pacific at the cost...

Why improving Vietnam–UK relations matters for the Indo-Pacific (Bill Hayton, The Strategist)

Vietnam’s prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, made a very successful trip to the United Kingdom in early November, putting the rapidly improving relations between...

Enhancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific (Atlantic Council)

As China’s provocative military activity towards Taiwan has continued to surge over the past year, the United States and its allies and partners in...

Australia Seeks ‘More Proactive’ Role In Indo-Pacific (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Australia’s participation in the new AUKUS security partnership is part of a broader increased focus on defense, the country’s ambassador to America said Tuesday. Ambassador Arthur...