Great Power Competition and Order Building in the Indo-Pacific

<p>This book argues that the new great power contest between the United States and the People’s Republic of China which has as its epicentre the complex Indo-Pacific region is having a detrimental impact on the region’s existing order system. Analysing why the great powers are increasingly at loggerheads the manifold risks this entails and how the various stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific can find a durable regional order more constructive than confrontational the book avoiding theory proposes a new equilibrium based on practical ways to manage burgeoning conflict and maintain order and stability by compartmentalising problems and challenges while seeking to maintain a balance among stakeholder interests.</p>