The Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, and Strategic Communications: Construction of ‘the Indo-Pacific’
The Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, and Strategic Communications: Construction of ‘the Indo-Pacific’
Author(s): Chiyuki AoiSubject(s): Regional Geography, Maps / Cartography, Communication studies, Geopolitics
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: Indo-Pacific; cartography; geography; space; Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP); strategic autonomy; strategic communications; strategic communication;
Summary/Abstract: The emergence of the Indo-Pacific as the geopolitical centre of gravity in global security affairs and as a geopolitical space that is being both contested and (re)defined is one of the most significant events in international affairs of this century. This essay analyses the emergence of the Indo-Pacific as a new geopolitical space-a cartographical (map-making) exercise conducted by the key agencies of this region. This essay explores aspects of cartography as ‘geopolitics in action’, while the space constructed as the Indo-Pacific through such exercises is three-dimensional—cartographical/political, discursive/conceptual, and physical.
Journal: Defence Strategic Communications
- Issue Year: 14/2024
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 26-67
- Page Count: 42
- Language: English
