Digital Conference: The Indo-Pacific Operating System

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Digital Conference: The Indo-Pacific Operating System

2 Dec 2021

Opening Session: Kurt Campbell in conversation with Michael Fullilove The White House Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell speaks with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about US-China relations, AUKUS and Australia's bilateral relationship with China. Panel 1: Competing visions Panellists discuss convergences and divergences in Indo-Pacific countries’ conceptions of regional order. They debate US and Chinese approaches to the region with particular focus on Taiwan, the India-China border dispute, and centrifugal pressures on ASEAN. Convenor: Ben Scott, Director, Australia’s Security and the Rules-Based Order Project, Lowy Institute Panellists: Elina Noor - Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office Asia Society Policy Institute Professor Wu Xinbo -  Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University Professor and Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University Tanvi Madan - Director, The India Project; Senior Fellow, Project on International Order and Strategy, The Brookings Institution Panel 2: New rules? Panellists debate whether the Indo-Pacific needs new institutions, rules and norms to accommodate or constrain power shifts in the region with particular focus on the US, China, the EU, Japan and Australia. They discuss the ASEAN-centred regional architecture, AUKUS, the Quad, the Law of the Sea, the South China Sea, liberal democratic values and free trade. Convenor: Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research, Lowy Institute Panellists: Akiko Fukushima - Senior Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research and Nonresident Fellow, Lowy Institute Dr Bec Strating - Executive Director of La Trobe Asia, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy Richard Maude - Executive Director Policy, and Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute Lecture: China's vision for a new world order Nadège Rolland outlines China’s dissatisfaction with the current order, objectives for change and views of Australia. Speech:

Authors

Ben Scott, Sasha Fegan, Hervé Lemahieu

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Australia