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INDO-PACIFIC – July 2020   Australia re-pivots to a core Indo-Pacific                           On the 1st of July 2020, Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, explained “we need to prepare...

INDO-PACIFIC – June 2020   Australia and India converge over the Indo-Pacific                   India’s maritime spheres of influence.Source: Indian Navy, Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy, Naval Strategic Publication, NSP 1.2...

INDO-PACIFIC – May 2020   China trying to use Covid-19 to its advantage in the Indo-Pacific?                     Chinese Navy deployments (13-19th of April 2020). Source: warvspeace.org   China is using Covid-19...

INDO-PACIFIC – April 2020   Covid-19 disruption across the Indo-Pacific The dominating event in the Indo-Pacific during early 2020 was the Covid-19 pandemic. Economic growth across the region was significantly impacted. The virus originated in China’s meat markets at Wuhan...

INDO-PACIFIC – February 2020   The India-Australia-Indonesia “minilateral”                     The format is located near four important Indo-Pacific choke points   The strategic trend in Indo-Pacific security has been the movement away...

INDO-PACIFIC – February 2020   China’s demographic challenge   On the 17th of January 2020 China’s National Bureau of Statistics released the birth-rate figures for 2019. They made grim reading for the leadership. At 10,48 per 1.000, the 2019 birth...

INDO-PACIFIC – January 2020 Indonesia’s relations with Beijing deteriorate in the South China Sea The start of 2020 witnessed a significant deterioration of relations between Indonesia and China, with potential implications for the wider Indo-Pacific strategic geometry. In late December...