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.

Localizing the Indo-Pacific, SciencesPo, Paris Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organiser, Speaker), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organiser)

This workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific brought together scholars from both countries to prepare an edited volume on localizing the Indo-Pacific in terms of national strategies and their outcomes at the regional level.

The geopolitical competition between the USA and China takes place primarily in the Indo-Pacific. Co-edited by GIGA researcher Johannes Plagemann, this Special Issues explores regionals states' as well as the EU's ambivalent reactions to it through the prism of 'foreign policy signaling'.

This chapter provides an introduction to the edited volume 'Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific'. It first charts the rise of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic space and discusses Indo-Pacific dynamics. The chapter then addresses two core analytical concepts, viz. order(ing) and agency.

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.

Localizing the Indo-Pacific, SciencesPo, Paris Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organiser, Speaker), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organiser)

This workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific brought together scholars from both countries to prepare an edited volume on localizing the Indo-Pacific in terms of national strategies and their outcomes at the regional level.