The Indo-Pacific: In what sense a region?
The Indo-Pacific has drawn increasing attention in political and popular discourses in light of the contemporary geopolitical moment. While scholars in mainstream International Relations actively engage with the concept, there have been less interventions from critical epistemologies associated with geography, anthropology, history, and cognate disciplines. This conversation brings together four scholars who have worked across China, India, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and beyond to problematize the Indo-Pacific concept, explore alternative geographies of knowing, and discuss the implications for rescaling area studies at the present conjuncture.
Authors
- Yang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-7624)
- David M. Malitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8507-9528)
- Fathun Karib
- Han Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-3793)
- Priya Chacko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-1683)
Institutions
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien Tokyo (JP)
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (DE)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dialogues in Human Geography
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206251364968
- Primary Topic
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China