Pax Indo-Pacifica And China : India-U.S. 2+2=?

NEW DELHI: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun met India’s Foreign Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary Harsh V. Shringla and other officials this week ahead of the India-U.S. 2+2 Defence and Foreign Ministerial meeting at the end of October. On ‘Talking Point’, our weekly flagship show, Professor C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, JNU and Professor, International Relations, University of Melbourne are in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.

The discussion looks at the rise of China and Beijing’s assertion that has called for a fresh thinking of how to organise security in all its dimensions. The experts look at the evolution of attempts that began over the last few years, the search for solutions to the consequences of the rise of China and the destabilisation of the regional security order that has emerged.