PARTNERS, ALLIES, AND CHINA: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES
The United States considers the Indo-Pacific region, the area within and around the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as vital to its security and prosperity. Since February 2022, the U.S., together with its allies and partners, has advanced a global strategy centered around a vision of a “free and open Indo-Pacific” that is aimed at challenging the growing economic, diplomatic, and military presence of China in the region and the world. This Task Force will examine the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy from the perspective of its key partners, namely, Australia, India and Japan that together with the U.S. constitute the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (or Quad), and its major allies in Europe and Asia. It will also look at how the U.S.-China rivalry is perceived by the Pacific Island countries as well as China. `
