Conference: Asia and Africa in Transition
Panel: The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
Conveners: Andreas Bøje Forsby, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Peter Marcus Kristensen, Dept. of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Online presentations, live stream in room 27.0.17
The ‘Indo-Pacific’ has emerged as a central geopolitical arena as well as a contested policy-guiding analytical concept. Initially launched by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe back in 2007, the `Indo-Pacific´ has gained widespread popularity with several major powers having now launched official Indo-Pacific strategies. Connecting the world’s most populous, high-growth economies and also home to maritime great power rivalries and territorial disputes, the `Indo-Pacific´ has recently seen concerted attempts to promote a rules-based international order, orchestrated by a quartet of countries known as the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the United States). While the surge of interest in the `Indo-Pacific´ has several drivers, the rise of China as a pivotal geopolitical actor is probably the most important one.
This panel invites papers that analyze and reflect on the new spatial, maritime, strategic, political and conceptual landscapes surrounding the `Indo-Pacific´, ranging from theoretically informed discussions to more policy-oriented work on the geopolitical and geoeconomic strategies of all the states in the region.
Panel programme
Session 1: Tuesday, 29 June, 9:00-11:00am (Copenhagen time/CEST)
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Chair: Peter Marcus Kristensen - Discussant: Andreas Bøje Forsby |
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Andrew Yeo and Kei Koga |
Status, Identity, and Geopolitical Strategy: Japan and South Korea’s Divergent Path in the Indo-Pacific |
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Ghulam Ali |
Indian Ocean and its critical choke points |
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Mark P. Stadler |
Cautious Maneuvers of a Rising Middle Power. Indonesia's Role in the South China Sea and the wider Indo-Pacific |
| Peter Marcus Kristensen |
Power Politics of Scale: The Case of the Fabrication of Indo-Pacific Region |
Session 2: Tuesday, 29 June, 15:30-17:30 (Copenhagen time/CEST)
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Chair: Andreas Bøje Forsby - Discussant: Peter Marcus Kristensen |
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Luka Nikolić |
Revitalizing Sea Power – China's Two Ocean Strategy |
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Bérénice Guyot-Réchard |
Breathing through water: Sri Lanka and the invention of the Indian Ocean, 1964-89 |
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Krista Wiegand |
Projected Deterrence: South China Sea Disputants as Pawns in the U.S.-China Rivalry |
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Alvin Yang and Karl Yan |
A Theory of Hegemonic Change at Three Levels: Asian Regional Order, Indo-Pacific, and China |