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Japan lost its longest-serving PM Shinzo Abe on 8th July 2022. He was assassinated while giving a speech in Nara, Japan. Abe has been a visionary in re-imaging the geopolitical design of the Indo-Pacific. He was the ‘architect’ of the Quad during its initial years and remained its key champion throughout its revival. Abe stressed the importance of joining the Pacific and Indian oceans creating a “broader Asia”, from which the present concept of Indo-Pacific evolved. Advocate for ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ Shinzo Abe has been hailed as the pioneer of the concept of the “Indo-Pacific”. Before 2007 the area stretching all the way from Australia and US to China was known as Asia-Pacific. Abe feared the threat from China which was at the centre of this geopolitical landscape. He was the...

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Dilemma, Doubts For India

Dr. Kankana DebnathJune 28, 20220

US President Joe Biden visited Tokyo on May 23 ahead of the QUAD summit and launched the the Indo-Pacific Economic Partnership Framework (IPEF) along with 13 Indo-Pacific nations including India. The framework is launched to ‘balance’ the growing Chinese market. Biden has stressed on the fact that the future of 21st century will be pivoted on the Indo-Pacific which is a ‘free, open, connected, secured and prosperous’ region where the economic growth is inclusive and sustainable. India’s Perspective India joined the IPEF as it stands for an inclusive, open, secure and well-connected Indo-Pacific region for the purpose of sustainable growth of the region. Also it aims to counter China and its ‘aggressive expansion’ of trade along with, what US and its allies have alleged, to be unfair ...

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity Goals: What Role India Likely To Play; Check Out!

Pooja YadavMay 30, 20220

India expressed willingness to affix Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), a replacement economic initiative led by the United States. The US clarified that IPEF isn't a trade agreement. Thus, it neither seeks to switch the 11-nation CPTPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) nor the RCEP. The negotiations for the IPEF began on May 24. The primary focus of the negotiation was on four main pillars -- trade, supply chain resiliency, clean energy, and taxes. At the launch of IPEF, PM Modi said that India will work together with other IPEF countries to make an inclusive Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. He expressed confidence that IPEF will cause peace and prosperity within the Indo-Pacific region. One of the roles of IPEF within the Indo-Pacific is going to be to line s...