The geopolitical map of the Indo-pacific looks very different if looked at from the perspectives of Beijing or Washington. Our map visualizes the main fault lines and potential flash-points.

In the past two decades, the region has become highly politicized and militarized as states scatter to secure portions of the world's most strategic sea lane of communication (Saha, 2018; Tertia...

Jan 31, 2025 · Russia. Samuel Charap is Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy and a senior political scientist at RAND.. Issues “Russia's priorities in the Indo-Pacific have been transformed by its war in Ukraine. The Kremlin is looking to ensure that its relationships in Asia—now even more important because of the severing of its ties with the West—are maintained and deepened with its key ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The Indo-Pacific is home to four of the world’s largest economies: the U.S., China, India, and Japan. Additionally, the ASEAN bloc, when viewed as a whole, ranks alongside those four countries as a global economic leader.

The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two.

Jul 15, 2024 · Explore the region’s vibrant and volatile dynamics in FP Analytics’ new Power Map. In the face of intensifying Great Power competition from China and the U.S., the middle powers of the...

Sep 1, 2022 · Below, we present two maps that display some of the AP countries associated with the US and China via different economic and military deals. Every accord is specified and shortly described. The map does not include the Russian Federation.

Jul 13, 2019 · The Indo-Pacific is one such mental map that has gained currency in recent times. Like every imagined space, there is disagreement over what characterizes the space and who imagines it.

Jul 17, 2023 · With Asia undergoing major power transitions and advances in military technology potentially shifting the regional offense-defense balance, this project investigates how the United States, its allies, and its partners across the Indo-Pacific can best respond.

Jan 7, 2025 · But, at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s sec­ond term, the United States has an opportunity to hit the reset button in the most critical region, the Indo-Pacific, and redefine its strategy to win the long-term competition for leadership and protect US inter­ests in the region.