Indo-Pacific Strategies

This book focuses on the Indo-Pacific regionâs growing prominence as the worldâs major powers gravitate toward this space to expand their influence. With dynamic shifts taking place in the globeâs most strategically volatile region Indo-Pacific Strategies aims at clarifying the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific expounded both as a strategic concept and nascent region thus contributing to the burgeoning policy and academic debate. The book offers indispensable insights and appropriate remedies to maintain the rules-based international order as threatened by Chinaâs increasingly assertive and bellicose posturing. It offers up-to-date analyses of Covid-19-related geopolitical trends the strategies of various Indo-Pacific states against the backdrop of great power competition the increasingly confrontational stance of Indo-Pacific states against China and the 2020 US election results. This unique book presents deep insights into the roles of Eurasia small island states the Middle East and Africa in addition to Australia India Japan and the US thereby providing much needed comparative studies. It also closely investigates the strategic and tactical operationalization of the Indo-Pacific making it an essential read for scholars policymakers students and strategists in the field of international politics and Area Studies. Excerpt from the foreword by ABE ShinzÅ (former) Prime Minister of Japan I think this book is the timeliest attempt to bring together the wisdom of eleven people to present a multifaceted view of the FOIP [Free and Open Indo-Pacific]. As a reader I would like to express my gratitude to the editors and contributors for their valuable intellectual contributions. See the preview function on this website to access the full text. . Language: English