How have alliances and security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific evolved in recent years? What trends can be identified?

How does the current security environment compare to previous eras of alliance formation? What lessons can we draw?

Are we seeing a strategic convergence between the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific? Between NATO and the network of US bilateral alliances in Asia?

In this episode, Alexander Lanoszka and Susannah Patton join David Andrews to discuss the evolving role of alliances and security partnerships on the global stage.

Alexander Lanoszka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. He is also an Associate Fellow at the UK-based Council on Geostrategy and a Senior Fellow at the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Susannah Patton is Director of the Southeast Asia program at the Lowy Institute and the Project Lead for the Asia Power Index.

David Andrews is a Senior Policy Advisor at the ANU National Security College.

Show notes

• ANU National Security College academic programs: find out more
• Alexander Lanoszka’s book: ‘Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century’
• Susannah Patton’s Lowy Interpreter article: ‘From global to regional: Australia’s focus narrows’
• Lowy Institute Asia Power Index
• Pew Research Centre
• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies’ State of Southeast Asia Survey

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