Russia’s diplomacyThe Trump administration of the United States has accelerated the advancement of the''open and free Indo-Pacific',strategy since 2017.From a geopolitical point of view and in terms of its national interests,Russia has generally been critical of this strategy,believing it has ...
On the multilateral front, the proposal is represented by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue among the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, which was resumed in 2017 after a 10-year hiatus. Washington's own Indo-Pacific Strategy has drawn on years of confabulations with these like-...
I use IR theories to investigate Japanese foreign policy between 2012 and 2017. I make two arguments. First, I argue that the best theoretical combination to explain Japanese foreign policy under Abe is one of defensive realism and liberalism, with focus on the economic aspects of regional ...
There is thus every reason for Japan, India and Australia to walk away from the U.S. “Indo-Pacific” strategy, particularly when “the Chinese aggressions or threats” were created by questionable information. (If you want to contribute and have specific expertise, contac...
“I hope that the Indo-Pacific strategy is going to be complementary to the CPTPP,” he said. Some agricultural producers say the deal has not lived up to expectations and its implementation has been slow. “Some of these trade deals aren’t maybe what they thought they would be, or...
India, as a key regional partner in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, alongside the US, Japan, and Australia, holds an essential role within the US Indo-Pacific strategy, which emphasizes a “free and open Indo-Pacific.” From Washington’s...
Japan and the United States. In 2017, the Trump administration resurrected the Quad, which had been lying dormant for nine years, and placed it at the center of its “free and open Indo-Pacific” strategy. Now, at Biden’s initiative, the Quad leaders this month held their first-ever sum...
President Joe Biden formally introduced the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework this week, revealing Washington's long-awaited Asia-Pacific economic strategy.
Tanvi Madan, an India expert at the Brookings Institution, said there were elements of continuity between Mr Obama’s Asia pivot and Mr Trump’s strategy, but also key differences, “including the term Indo-Pacific, the explicit concern expressed about China . . . and a greater emph...
According to Liu, the IPEF is meant to help blunt criticism that Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy is "all guns but no butter", meaning his approach in the region has been too focused on security and lacked an economic component. "But given that the US quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership in...