Ashok Sharma

Dr Ashok Sharma is Adjunct faculty at The Australian Defence Force Academy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra.

Publication

Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won’t Map the Future

Rory Medcalf, La Trobe University Press, Melbourne, 2020, 320 pp., Price $32.9 (Paperback), ISBN 9781760641573

Published: July 2020
Strategic Analysis

India in Australia’s Strategic Framing in the Indo–Pacific

The world is witnessing a geopolitical shift from the North Atlantic to the Indo–Pacific region. US power is in relative decline with a steady build-up of Chinese power, wealth and influence. The last 15–20 years have also seen the rise of India. Against this backdrop, Australia’s reconceptualisation of its strategic frame as the Indo–Pacific widens its geopolitical canvas and elevates India’s importance for multiple Australian interests and objectives.

Published: March 2018
Strategic Analysis

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