Powder Keg in the Pacific
While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is quietly building at the other end of Eurasia, along…
Indo-Pacific
Imperialism in the Indo-Pacific—An Introduction
by John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark Indo-Pacific is a term with a long history within the imperialist lexicon. It originated in the writings of Karl Haushofer, the leading German geopolitical theorist, in his…
Indo-Pacific: Navigating Troubled Waters
Despite some distractions brought about by the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and Gaza, recent developments indicate that the global geopolitical spotlight on the Indo-Pacific remains solid. Escalating tensions in the…
Rambo’s Pacific Peace Zone
There has always been something impressive, if slightly idiosyncratic, about political ideas emanating from Pacific states. In recent years, on the world’s largest body of water, the various island states…
A look into the tug of war in the Indo-pacific and its implications
The oceanic region encompassing the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, known as the Indo-Pacific, has become an area of great geopolitical significance in recent years. There are around 40…
Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific
The feeling from Rory Medcalf of the Australian National University was one of breathless wonder. “The US government,” he wrote in The Strategist, “has just classified one of its most…
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