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Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States
Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States
Rory Medcalf
Chapter 2 in Mohan Malik (ed.), Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Perspectives from China, India, and the United States
September 2014
9 October 2014
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.
Executive Summary
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