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In response to China’s rise, the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ has become increasingly popular among strategic policy circles. The United States, Japan, Australia, and India have all created their own Indo-Pacific strategies or approaches, each with a slightly different interpretation – and ambition – for the region. But how do other countries, both internal and external to the Indo-Pacific, use the term? For over one year, the Henry Jackson Society and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam have been working together to ascertain what the Indo-Pacific means for both the United Kingdom and Vietnam, in geoeconomic and geopolitical terms.

The Henry Jackson Society therefore invites you to this online discussion where a new edited collection of essays – ‘The Indo-Pacific: British and Vietnamese perspectives’ – will be released. The session will look at how both countries are positioning themselves in light of geopolitical changes in the region, with a particular focus on Vietnam’s potential role as a linchpin of security in the Indo-Pacific, Britain’s growing focus on the region, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ importance as a mechanism for upholding a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific.

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SPEAKERS

Dr Son Hung Nguyen

Dr Nguyen is Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

James Rogers

Mr Rogers is Director of the Global Britain Programme at the Henry Jackson Society

Dr Philip Shetler-Jones

Dr Shetler-Jones is an Honorary Research Fellow at the White Rose East Asia Centre at the University of Sheffield and employed at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, where he works on Europe-Asia security cooperation.

Dr Tuan Anh To

Dr To is Deputy Director-General of the East Sea (South China Sea) Institute at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.