Indo-Pacific region

Wei Dongxu

Inserted 2 years ago

“AUKUS will bring more unstable factors to the Western Pacific since the trio may have more provocative actions. The US is trying to rope in more countries into the Western Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions to contain its strategic competitors. This may have a negative impact on China's maritime security. Against this backdrop, the China-Russia joint naval drill includes new subjects and displays high levels of mutual trust. China has a strong and reliable partner in the Western Pacific: Russia. This time, China has sent its most advanced 10,000-ton-class Type 055 large destroyer, while Russia dispatched the main force of its Pacific Fleet. This demonstrates that China and Russia attach great importance to defense cooperation.”

Globaltimes

Beijing-based military analyst

19 Oct 2021 8 7

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan does not seek military confrontation. It hopes for a peaceful, stable, predictable and mutually-beneficial coexistence with its neighbours. But Taiwan will also do whatever it takes to defend its freedom and democratic way of life. The Indo-Pacific needs a peaceful, stable and transparent environment and there are many opportunities in the region. But this also brings new tensions and systemic contradictions that could have a devastating effect on international security and the global economy if they are not handled carefully. Taiwan is fully committed to collaborating with regional players to prevent armed conflict in the East China, South China Seas and in the Taiwan Strait.”

Reuters

President of Taiwan

08 Oct 2021 5 7

Gourangalal Das

Inserted 2 years ago

“The term Indo-Pacific underlines the inherent connectivity and indivisibility of the interests of the littoral states of the two oceans, Indian and the Pacific. The popularity of the idea reflects not only contemporary geopolitics, but also the reality of globalization. Unless we conceptualize them together, we will not be able to respond to, and make the best of, the evolving trends in this part of the world. Indo-Pacific is our homeland. Whether to concentrate on our east or west, whether to focus on our immediate or extended neighborhood is a false choice. Today, East Asia and the Pacific are the most dynamic arena of India's global engagement as a result of three decades of intensive economic cooperation, giving this region the highest heft and priority for our well-being. The Indo-Pacific being our home and source of our economic vitality, India has a deep and legitimate interest in maintaining its free, open and inclusive character, in preserving peace, security and prosperity, and in promoting respect for international law in the Indo-Pacific.”

Taipeitimes

India Taipei Association Director-General

01 Oct 2021 5 3

Sidharth Kaushal

Inserted 2 years ago

“China has been building a capacity over the last two decades to deny the US significant freedom of action in the western Pacific. That started with long-range anti-ship missiles, but now there is a growing naval capacity - and it has reached the point where the US is only viable because it has allies in the region.”

Theguardian

Research fellow at the Rusi think tank

29 Sep 2021 5 4

Scott Morrison

Inserted 2 years ago

“We stand here together, in the Indo-Pacific region, a region that we wish to be always free from coercion, where the sovereign rights of all nations are respected and where disputes are settled peacefully and accordance with international law.”

Reuters

Australian Prime Minister

24 Sep 2021 2 4

Sameer Lalwani

Inserted 2 years ago

“The survival of the current iteration of the grouping across two US administrations and changes in governments in Japan and Australia speaks to [the Quad's] durability and how, you could say, the quad is here to stay. It's going to be a real institution … I think it's going to be a grouping that will occupy the minds in the planning of Washington's defence and diplomatic community for the coming years.”

Aljazeera

Senior fellow for Asia strategy at the Stimson Center

23 Sep 2021 3 5

Ben Bland

Inserted 2 years ago

“But they [Asian governments] also fear that the increasingly strident approach taken by the U.S. and allies such as Australia will push China to respond in kind, driving a cycle of escalation that is centered on Southeast Asia but disregards Southeast Asian voices.”

Nytimes

Director of the Southeast Asia program at the Lowy Institute in Sydney

21 Sep 2021 5 3

Dino Patti Djalal

Inserted 2 years ago

“The picture is one of three Anglo-Saxon countries drumming up militarily in the Indo-Pacific region. It plays to the narrative offered by China that 'outsiders' are not acting in line with the aspiration of regional countries. The worry is that this will spark an untimely arms race, which the region does not need now, nor in the future.”

Nytimes

Former Indonesian ambassador to the United States

21 Sep 2021 4 3

François Heisbourg

Inserted 2 years ago

“China must be laughing all the way to the bank. They have the prospect of removing Europe's potential presence alongside the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific area. There is a downside for China, but the upside I think is greater - the notion that Europe is essentially going to stay in the wings and not play an active role in the Indo-Pacific as a whole.”

Reuters

Senior advisor for Europe at the International Institute for Strategic Studies

18 Sep 2021 4 4

Jean-Yves Le Drian

Inserted 2 years ago

“The abandonment of the submarine project ... and the announcement of a new partnership with the United States aiming at launching new studies for future possible nuclear propulsion cooperation is unacceptable behaviour between allies. The consequences touch the very concept that we have of alliances, our partnerships and the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe.”

Reuters

Foreign Minister of France

17 Sep 2021 5 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“We strongly, strongly welcome European countries playing an important role in the Indo-Pacific. We look forward to continued close cooperation with NATO, with the EU and others in this endeavor. France, in particular, is a vital partner on this and on so many other things - stretching back a long, long time, but also stretching forward into the future.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

16 Sep 2021 6 4

Jean-Yves Le Drian

Inserted 2 years ago

“The American choice, which leads to the removal of an ally and a European partner such as France from a longstanding partnership with Australia, at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, whether on our values or on respect for multilateralism based on the rule of law, marks an absence of coherence that France can only observe and regret.”

Aljazeera

Foreign Minister of France

16 Sep 2021 4 4

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“We all recognise the imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term. We need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve because the future of each of our nations - and indeed the world - depends on a free and open Indo-Pacific enduring and flourishing in the decades ahead.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

15 Sep 2021 1 3

Randall Schriver

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our competition with China is about freedom and order in the Indo-Pacific [region]. The Pentagon is becoming more serious about strengthening its deterrence capabilities in the region. About 52 percent of Americans responding to a poll supported US troops defending Taiwan if it were to be invaded by China, which is an all-time high. If Taiwan is lost, it would be incredibly difficult to defend the first island chain, the Miyako Strait and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.”

Taipeitimes

Chairman of the Washington D.C.-based Project 2049 Institute think tank

01 Sep 2021 7 5

Rahul Mishra

Inserted 2 years ago

“Japan's more than 500-page white paper is another reminder of the grim strategic reality of the region. It highlights, yet again, that if major stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region are interested in making the area robust and stronger, they have to work in tandem. This is crucial when the US-China rivalry is only becoming more bitter and intense, with Beijing showing no sign of willingness to improve ties with regional stakeholders. The failed US-China talks in Alaska in March and in Tianjin last month clearly demonstrate that. They also signal that major Asian powers, such as Japan and India, have to devise their own policies and play a more proactive role in the region.”

Taipeitimes

Senior lecturer at the University of Malaya’s Asia-Europe Institute in Kuala Lumpur

04 Aug 2021 6 8

Joanne Ou

Inserted 2 years ago

“No matter how much China attempts to distort views on Taiwan, it cannot change history and established facts. Doing so will only make Taiwanese more willing to defend the nation's sovereignty and immerse themselves more deeply in democracy. Taiwan will continue to work with partner countries that share democratic values to maintain and enhance peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Taiwannews

Spokesperson of Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

27 Jul 2021 2 3

Ben Wallace

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's no secret that China shadows and challenges ships transiting international waters on very legitimate routes. We will respect China and we hope that China respects us. We will sail where international law allows.”

Aljazeera

UK Secretary of State for Defence

20 Jul 2021 1 4

Sam Paparo

Inserted 2 years ago

“China is a pacing threat. I worry about China's intentions. It doesn't make a difference to me, whether it is tomorrow, next year or whether it is in six years. At Pacific Fleet and Indo-Pacific Command we have a duty to be ready to respond to threats to U.S. security. That duty includes delivering a fleet capable of thwarting any effort on the part of the Chinese to upend that [world] order, to include the unification by force of Taiwan to the People's Republic of China. But I also feel confident in our Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen … as well as our operational designs to thwart such an effort with the teamwork of our allies and partners.”

Seapowermagazine

Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet

29 Jun 2021 6 6

Tessie Lambourne

Inserted 2 years ago

“The government hasn't shared the cost and other details other than it's a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the runway and bridge. The opposition will be seeking more information from government in due course.”

Reuters

Kiribati civil servant, diplomat and politician

05 May 2021 1 3

Marco Rubio

Inserted 3 years ago

“I'm proud to reintroduce this bipartisan bill [Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act], which seeks to update U.S. policy to better reflect our core values as well as the current realities in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Taiwannews

US Republican Senator

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“We stand here together, in the Indo-Pacific region, a region that we wish to be always free from coercion, where the sovereign rights of all nations are respected and where disputes are settled peacefully and accordance with international law.”

“But they [Asian governments] also fear that the increasingly strident approach taken by the U.S. and allies such as Australia will push China to respond in kind, driving a cycle of escalation that is centered on Southeast Asia but disregards Southeast Asian voices.”

“It's no secret that China shadows and challenges ships transiting international waters on very legitimate routes. We will respect China and we hope that China respects us. We will sail where international law allows.”

“The government hasn't shared the cost and other details other than it's a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the runway and bridge. The opposition will be seeking more information from government in due course.”

“I'm proud to reintroduce this bipartisan bill [Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act], which seeks to update U.S. policy to better reflect our core values as well as the current realities in the Indo-Pacific region.”

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