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EPISODE · Apr 3, 2019 · 55 MIN

Why the 'Indo-Pacific'?

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Once confined to academic foreign policy discussions, in recent years the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ has gained widespread political and public acceptance. What is behind the rise in prominence of this term? What actors are pushing it? Does it have a clear and agreed upon meaning? Has it replaced the ‘Asia-Pacific’ and, if so, why? Panel: Professor Nick Bisley (Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, La TrobeUniversity) Dr Priya Chacko (Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide) Abhijit Singh (former Indian naval officer and Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation) Moderator: Dr Alexander Davis (‘New Generation Network’ postdoctoral research fellow with the Australia India Institute and La Trobe University). Held in Partnership with the Australia India Institiute at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre on 28 March, 2019.

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Once confined to academic foreign policy discussions, in recent years the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ has gained widespread political and public acceptance. What is behind the rise in prominence of this term? What actors are pushing it? Does it have a clear and agreed upon meaning? Has it replaced the ‘Asia-Pacific’ and, if so, why? Panel: Professor Nick Bisley (Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, La TrobeUniversity) Dr Priya Chacko (Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide) Abhijit Singh (former Indian naval officer and Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation) Moderator: Dr Alexander Davis (‘New Generation Network’ postdoctoral research fellow with the Australia India Institute and La Trobe University). Held in Partnership with the Australia India Institiute at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre on 28 March, 2019.

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