The initial focus of this research project was the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific Vision as set out by the president in remarks made in November 2017, in Danang, Vietnam. It soon became apparent, however, that focusing solely on the president’s vision and on US policies toward the region would be to overlook the efforts of US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific to respond to and shape strategic change and sustain the existing, rules-based order across the region. Collectively, their endeavors represent a policy mosaic of efforts designed to support a balance of influence based on a balance of power.
In August 1997, Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard released “In the National Interest,” the first white paper of his government, which, looking toward the 21st century, assessed that Asia’s “rapid economic growth [was] changing strategic realities among regional countries” and in that context, “China’s economic growth, with attendant confidence and enhanced
Photo caption: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part in a meeting next to US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay on June 12, 2021 in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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