Under Pressure: Ensuring the Indo-Pacific Remains Free and Open in a Contested Environment

Session Summary

The future of the Indo-Pacific remains uncertain. Growing threats, namely from China and North Korea, are threatening the region’s security and America’s key allies. With significant US military power concentrated in the Middle East, the region’s major powers have been bolstering their security capabilities and enhancing cooperation.
This session will explore how the region’s leading democracies are adapting to that pressure, and what it will take to keep the Indo-Pacific free, open, and governed by rules rather than coercion.
From Japan’s landmark shift in defense posture to China’s increasing military activity around Taiwan, the stakes could not be higher.