The Indo-Pacific Region

The Indo-Pacific region stretches from the eastern shores of Africa and West Asia to the littoral countries of the western Pacific. The region constitutes the ‘maritime underbelly’ of Asia and is the fastest growing region in the world; and in a few decades is likely to witness what may be referred to as ‘Renaissance 2.0’. The region is therefore ripe with enormous opportunities not only for regional countries but also for the rest of the global community. And yet the region is beset with equally colossal security risks that emanate from inter alia the rise of China - that is not satisfied with ‘status quo’ in the global order including established international law and norms; strategic rivalries and the attendant security dilemma and arms race; issues of governance including maritime jurisdictions; the proliferation of malevolent non-state actors involved in maritime crimes and terrorism; and so on. The book is a collation of commentaries that analyse the trends with regard to the geopolitical and maritime security environment along with the naval developments in the Indo-Pacific in the past half-decade or so.