Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

This chapter examines the agency of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in the face of strategic competition in the region. PICs have sought to leverage such competition to advance individual and collective interests. Yet, substantial variation exists in PICs’ relations to metropolitan and external powers.

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific, GIGA, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organiser, Chair, Discussant), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Discussant), Prof. Dr. David Camroux (Discussant), Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel (Discussant), Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough (Discussant), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Discussant)

This book workshop discusses chapter drafts for an edited volume put together by the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. Fourteen scholars based in France, Germany, and the Netherlands examine examine dynamics of order-building and the agency of small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific.