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SUMMARY:The Evolving Indo-Pacific Construct: Responses from ASEAN and its Major Stakeholders
LOCATION:Room 1.502
DESCRIPTION:The term Indo-Pacific, which refers to a strategically signific
 ant area stretching from the littoral of east coast of Africa to the East A
 sian waters covering Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific 
 Ocean along the way, has become one of the most debated and speculated term
 s in contemporary strategic and foreign policy discourse.\n\nFirst brought 
 into eminence at the highest policy circles by Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Pri
 me Minister, in his speech at the Indian parliament in 2007, Indo-Pacific a
 ttempts to combine the strategic thrust of Indian and the Pacific Oceans in
 volving leading maritime powers but leaving China out. In Abe’s terms, it i
 s a vision for the “Confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans” as “the dy
 namic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity” in the “broader Asia”.
 \n\nWhile an official articulation of the term first appeared in Australia’
 s Defence White Paper, 2013, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the United States
  have been pitching for the Indo-Pacific as a zone of rule-based order. Wit
 h the US government actively brining in Indo-Pacific as the key idea for re
 -engaging with Asia and maintaining the strategic equilibrium in its favour
 , the term has gained salience.\n\nHowever, the emergence of Indo-Pacific h
 as created some uncertainties in the Southeast Asian region leading ASEAN a
 nd its member countries to reassess their strategic and foreign policy choi
 ces. Competing visions for Indo-Pacific have turned out to be a major aspec
 t in that context. For instance, Indonesia, which claims to have proposed a
  comprehensive Indo- Pacific, proposes to make it inclusive treaty-based co
 nstruct similar to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.\n\nA major reas
 on for ASEAN’s apprehension about Indo-Pacific is that it does not include 
 China as a stakeholder in Indo-Pacific. On the contrary, China has been ide
 ntified by proponents of Indo-Pacific as a threat to the rules- based order
 . Both China and Russia are opposed to the Indo-Pacific. While ASEAN and mo
 st of its members support a rules-based order, they have been trying their 
 best to avoid a situation where they have to choose between China and the U
 S.\n\nThis panel attempts to comprehensively analyze the strategic objectiv
 es of Indo-Pacific, ongoing debates about its promises and likely pitfalls,
  and responses from ASEAN and its major stakeholders including China.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-evolving-indo-pacific-construct-responses-from-asean-and-its-major-stakeholders
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