UK’s Long-Term Engagement in Indo-Pacific

• The UK government has declared a long-term engagement with the Indo-Pacific, marking a shift from the Conservative government’s 2021 “tilt” towards the region.

• The UK’s Indo-Pacific Minister, Catherine West, emphasized the importance of a rules-based international system in the Indo-Pacific.

• The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is emphasized as a central concept, supported by countries like India, the U.S., Australia, Japan, and the EU.

• The UK is co-leading India’s maritime security pillar of India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative.

• The UK’s approach to China will be a mix of ‘compete, cooperate, and challenge’, seeking cooperation with China and challenging Beijing when security and national interests are being undermined.

• India’s High Commissioner to the U.K., Vikram Doraiswami, emphasized the need to discuss security and prosperity challenges in the context of the global connectedness between the eurotartic region and the Indo-Pacific region.