Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2018) Indo-Pacific: Concept Definition and Strategic Implementation

The report was written by senior scholars of international studies and Indian Ocean studies and focuses on international relations in Indian Ocean region and covers many aspects of “Indo-Pacific”. The report includes both strategic review and major events and related data in this region. This book also includes the origin, the aims, frameworks and regional and global impact of “Indo-Pacific”. The book includes the authors from 5 different institutes in China which provide readers with a full and authentic picture of “Indo-Pacific” most recent development.   This year’s Annual Report is the Sixth of this kind and the only one which covers exclusive on the Indian Ocean region in China.

Chapter1.The Strategic Game in Indo-Pacific Region and Its Impact on China's Security.- Chapter2.The Prospect of the “Indo-Pacific” Concept and China’s Countermeasures.- Chapter3.The US’s Indo-Asia Initiative and Its Impact on China.- Chapter4.Locating China in the Indo-Pacific debates:Perspectives from India.- Chapter5.Australia's Cognition of the "India-Pacific Strategy", Reasons and Countermeasures.- Chapter6.Connotation and Dilemma of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy and China's Responses.- Chapter7.Historical Changes of “Indo-Pacific”Geo-economics and Development Demands of India.- Chapter8.Economic Development and Evolution of Geo-Economic Pattern of the “Indo-Pacific” Region.- Chapter9.The Challenge to ASEAN Centrality under Indo-Pacific StrategyThe Challenge to ASEAN Centrality under Indo-Pacific Strategy.- Chapter10.New Trend in the Construction of “Indo-Pacific” and Its Impact on South Asia.

Zhu, Cuiping; Doctor of World Economics, professor and PhD supervisor; the author of monograph of China and Indian Ocean Region and the other, dozens of Chinese and English papers published in China and aboard.