The Digital Indo-Pacific: Regional Connectivity and Resilience

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At its heart, the Indo-Pacific is a term with its roots in the maritime realm, a confluence of security, economic and geopolitical interests linked to free and open movement between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The emergent Digital Indo-Pacific concept is linked to four factors:

  • the region is home to the world’s largest, most rapidly growing internet user bases,
  • there is a search for regional and domestic alternatives as the US-China trade war escalates,
  • the essentiality and fragility of global technology flows, as highlighted by the global pandemic, and
  • greater scrutiny of bottlenecks created by “efficient” global supply and value chains.

The aim of this paper is to lay a foundation for inclusive collaboration toward a Digital Indo-Pacific, which accounts for the differing but complementary strengths present in the region. Read more about pathways for collaboration in the Indo-Pacific.

Authors: Trisha Ray, Arjun Jayakumar, Sangeet Jain, and Anurag Reddy

Partner: Observer Research Foundation

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