The Pacific Pivot is dead; welcome to the Fluid Indo-Pacific

It’s Indo-Pacific, Not Asia-Pacific: Reframing Global Strategy Amid China’s Aggression

As global power shifts, discarding the outdated “Asia-Pacific” for “Indo-Pacific” is crucial, as it provides a more accurate strategic compass for the multilateral order where India’s partnerships with the US and Europe will be central. The relabelling of US Pacific Command as the Indo-Pacific Command was more than cosmetic: It was a signal to Washington’s determination to mobilise naval, air, cyber and space forces across two oceans and to embr…

The Pacific Pivot is dead; welcome to the Fluid Indo-Pacific

Turned out that everything he said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was more or less what everyone knows about China’s aspirations in the Pacific. An invasion of Taiwan could happen. It could be imminent. Could be.