Episode 17: All but in Name: China’s Indo-Pacific Ambitions
Although China does not recognise the term Indo-Pacific, it still appreciates the region’s strategic value.
In this episode, Veerle is joined by Dr Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University and Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI, to discuss China’s interests, ambitions and strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Despite Beijing’s dismissal of the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ as a US construct, China approaches the Indian and Pacific Oceans as a connected space that is critical to its national security and global presence. The question is: what role does it seek to play?
Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series
Bridging the Oceans, hosted by Veerle Nouwens, will explore what the Indo-Pacific is, where its limits lie, and what the fast-evolving defence and security issues are in this dynamic part of the world.
Together with a diverse range of experts, the podcast will also analyse today’s top geopolitical questions in the Indo-Pacific, understand how these are seen within the region itself, and consider how these issues may impact countries outside the region, like the United Kingdom.
Episodes will be published bi-weekly and are part of our Navigating the Indo-Pacific programme.
FEATURING
Veerle Nouwens
External Author | Former RUSI Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific
Aaditya Dave
Former Research Analyst, South Asia
Dr Bates Gill
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University, Australia
