Indo-Pacific perspectives

There is no region more consequential to future geopolitics, geoeconomics, and international peace and security than the Indo-Pacific. This Indo-Pacific Perspectives series brings together leading experts to offer new insight and analysis on a dynamic region reshaping global affairs.

Spanning the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and home to large economies, new technologies, and powerful militaries, it is essential for Denmark and Europe to understand and engage in the Indo-Pacific region

The Indo-Pacific Perspectives series brings together leading experts to offer new insight and analysis on a dynamic region reshaping global affairs. This year’s focus is on how major countries inside and outside the Indo-Pacific are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and developing new collaborations to manage and mitigate future risks across Asia.

Recommendations, results and background

South China sea disputes, water cannon against Philippines

Photo/illustration by China Coast Guard/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Deeply immersed: Taking stock of South China Sea developments

Viewed as an important strategic waterway from a regional and global perspective, the South China Sea has long constituted a critical arena for various maritime and territorial disputes that are now resurfacing.