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New Bases to Counter China? Indo-Pacific is New Priority Region for the US

September 1, 2019

After devastating the Middle East through sanctions, warfare, and the backing of extremists to fight proxy wars, the Indo-Pacific region – not the Middle East – is now the Pentagon’s “priority” region…

The Recent Japanese Elections Might Slow Down the US’ “Indo-Pacific” Strategy

August 1, 2019

Opinion

Last month’s Japanese elections saw Prime Minister Abe’s ruling bloc lose its two-thirds parliamentary supermajority needed to change the country’s pacifist constitution, which could seriously slow do…

Debunking the Indo-Pacific Myth

July 12, 2019

Opinion

The Trump administration is obsessively spinning the concept of a “free and open Indo-Pacific”. Apart from a small coterie of scholars, very few people around the world, especially across the Global S…

The Pentagon’s “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report” Is All About Containing China

June 8, 2019

Opinion

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Shanahan summarized the main points of the Pentagon’s newly released “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report” during the Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore over the weekend, bu…

Sri Lanka Slammed the “Indo-Pacific” Concept as a Threat to China & Russia

May 10, 2019

Opinion

Somewhat surprisingly, tiny Sri Lanka has emerged as the loudest voice in South Asia opposing the “Indo-Pacific” concept that New Delhi and Washington are jointly pursuing, pointing out how it’s “aime…

Russia Regards the “Indo-Pacific Region” as an “Artificially Imposed” Pro-US Concept

February 28, 2019

Opinion

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov strongly spoke out against the US’ so-called “Indo-Pacific” concept that’s recently become very popular among Indian strategists, remarking that it’s ”artificially …

The Return of the Indo-Pacific Quad

July 28, 2018

Opinion

In March 2018, The Heritage Foundation, in partnership with three leading think tanks from Australia, India and Japan, held the fifth iteration of its “Quad-Plus Dialogue” in Tokyo, Japan. Inaugurated…

The Indo-Pacific: The Expansion of a Geopolitical Presence

June 30, 2018

Opinion

On May 30, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattisannounced that the Pacific Command was being renamed as the Indo-Pacific Command. Thus the Pentagon’s largest (in a geographical sense) command has grown e…