STORY OF INDO-PACIFIC | WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL REGION
Global Affairs Session 38 18 May 2026 STORY OF INDO-PACIFIC Free-flowing waters of trade and power The Indo-Pacific is a strategic oceanic region linking India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, China, and America through trade, security, and geopolitics. From ancient maritime trade routes to today's major powers, contested water bodies and competing regional visions, this session traces how the Indo-Pacific became the central arena of twenty-first century geopolitics — and where it may be headed by 2030.