Panel 2 of The Indo-Pacific Operating System: Power, Order and Rules for the 21st Century

“New Rules”: Panel 2 of the Lowy Institute Conference: The Indo-Pacific Operating System: Power, Order and Rules for the 21st Century

Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research, Lowy Institute
Akiko Fukushima, Senior Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
Nonresident Fellow of the Lowy Institute
Dr Bec Strating, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and 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
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.