Enduring Alliances and Security Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific

This is an illuminating examination of how and why security partnerships continue to endure in the Indo-Pacific. As this region enters a period of intensified strategic competition, leading experts explore the essential nature of alliances for ensuring regional order and lasting peace.Chapters survey the role of middle powers, such as Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines and Vietnam, in the Indo-Pacific, analysing both the individual powers in play and the impact of combined endeavours. Evaluating what makes alliances last, contributors apply theoretical and comparative methodologies to move beyond US-centric perspectives and highlight how smaller nations enact great change in power struggles across the region. Assessing rivalries and rules-based international orders, the book advocates for institutional mechanisms which emphasise mutual trust and adaptable policies in order to create sustainable alliances in an increasingly turbulent era.Enduring Alliances and Security Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific is an essential resource for scholars and students of politics, public policy, international relations and sustainable development seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the growing cooperation of middle powers. Policymakers and international security professionals will similarly benefit from its comprehensive insights into the region’s influence on global order.