Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges (Routledge Studies on Think Asia)

This book examines key issue areas of Indo-Pacific strategies such as cyber security, space security, maritime security, emerging technologies, and institutional frameworks in the context of deepening US–China rivalry.

With greater interconnectedness across various fields, the Indo-Pacific region faces greater security challenges including future strategic power competition. States are increasingly engaging in intense strategic activities and strengthening partnerships. The first part of book focuses on the strategic competition between the United States and China in different areas including cyber security, space security, maritime security, emerging technologies, and institutional frameworks. The second part of the book presents the perspectives of different local actors in the regional theatre and the intentions and concepts behind their growing interconnectedness under Indo-Pacific strategies, including China, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and North Korea.

Through examining different aspects of US–Indo-Pacific strategy, this edited book contributes to a better understanding of Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for broader security cooperation in a more interconnected world. The book will be of interest to scholars and policy makers working on Asian Security, Politics, International Relations, and the security dynamics of East Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

Hyun Ji Rim is Non-Resident Scholar at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, and Visiting Research Associate at University of Missouri–Kansas City.

James E. Platte is Assistant Professor with the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, USA.