| Title: | Securing the Indo-Pacific: Expanding Cooperation between Asia and Europe |
| Author/s: | Yogesh Joshi, Ippeita Nishida, Nishant Rajeev |
| Abstract: | The rise of China and the other Asian countries has shifted the world’s economic, military and geopolitical centre of gravity from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indo-Pacific. In view of this shift, the European powers have realised that the region is too important to be left either to the bipolar Sino-American contest or the Indo-Pacific’s regional powers. Given its emergence as a normative pole in international politics and its advanced military capabilities, Europe holds the potential to play a significant role in the emerging geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific.
However, structural challenges persist. While, on the one hand, several European economies are intertwined with that of China, on the other hand, Russia, continues to pose the most immediate threat to Europe’s physical security. This collection of discussion papers – a joint publication between the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation – attempts to bring together several European and Indo-Pacific perspectives on Europe’s tilt towards the region. |
| Date: | 6 December 2021 |
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| Title: | President Biden and South Asia |
| Author/s: | Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, John Joseph Vater |
| Abstract: | The election of Joe Biden as president of the United States (US) in November 2020 has generated much interest in the Indian subcontinent about the future of Washington’s engagement with the region, especially after the tumultuous tenure of Donald Trump at the White House. That Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris as his vice president, whose mother hailed from Tamil Nadu in India, also added a special dimension to the regional interest in the US elections.
The ‘Trump disruption’ ultimately foregrounded fundamental questions relating to the future of US’ engagement with the world, following a backlash from the foreign policy establishment and business elite and having generated some resonance amongst the working people. How these arguments play out in the Biden years will have considerable influence on Washington’s dealing with the subcontinent. This collection of papers offers valuable perspectives on the implications of the Biden administration on bilateral relations with the South Asian countries as well as on important issues like immigration and trade. |
| Date: | 21 January 2021 |
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