The 'Indo-Pacificization' of Asia: Implications for the Regional Order
A phrase invented in Tokyo, adopted in Canberra, and given its Indian meaning at Shangri-La 2018 — how 'Indo-Pacific' redrew the map, and why Delhi refuses to make it an anti-China club.
The Indo-Pacific is a vast geographical region that encompasses the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Oceans, including the many seas in Southeast Asia and Oceania. In a geopolitical context, the term only started to appear in the lexicon of geopolitics in the late 2010s. The late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo first referred to the confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in mid-2007, and the official use of “Indo-Pacific” first appeared in Australia’s 2013 Defense White Paper. Since then, the U.S., India, EU, and ASEAN have all published their respective visions and…
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