Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States

Key Findings

• Asia as a region can increasingly be understood as a single 'Indo-Pacific’ strategic system.
• The maritime super-region of Indo-Pacifc Asia centres on Southeast Asia, and arises principally from the emergence of China and India as outward-looking trading states and strategic actors.
• In order to manage strategic tensions, flexible minilateral’ dialogues, exercises or security operations will be crucial.