On his week-long tour of Asia, US Vice-President Mike Pence has been promoting a vision of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific region, characterized by unimpeded trade flows, freedom of navigation, and respect for the rule of law, national sovereignty, and existing frontiers. The question is whether this vision of an Indo-Pacific free of “authoritarianism and […]
Author Archives: Brahma Chellaney
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The world according to Trump and Xi
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A New Order for the Indo-Pacific
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Calling the Chinese bully’s bluff
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