Explained: How US coined ‘Indo-Pacific’ to redefine geo-politics | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: How US coined ‘Indo-Pacific’ to redefine geo-politics | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Nirupama Subramanian |Edited by Explained Desk |Mumbai |Updated: June 29, 2019 4:58:21 pm

Explained: How US coined ‘Indo-Pacific’ to redefine geo-politics

The “Indo-Pacific” has evoked mixed reactions in the Indian strategic community, with some cautioning that such positioning should not prove to be a disruptor of Delhi's tensions with Beijing.

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs S Jaishankar with his US Counterpart Secretary of State Michael Pompei during a media session in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

In geographical terms, the Indo-Pacific refers to the two oceans — the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean — between the east coast of Africa, and the American west coast and all the countries with a coast on it. It has been in currency among scholars of international relations and geo-politics since the first decade of this century as an economic and a strategic region.