Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
The Indo-Pacific enters 2026 amid accelerating strategic uncertainty. Intensifying US–China competition, questions surrounding the durability of American regional engagement, and the growing strategic agency of middle powers in Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean region are reshaping the region’s security and economic landscape.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Uncertainty: The Indo-Pacific in 2026 brings together the next generation of policy and data researchers from the region to unpack key geostrategic challenges that will define the region in the year ahead. The webinar will examine how shifts in great power behaviour, minilateral arrangements such as the Quad and AUKUS, as well as ASEAN's concept of its 'centrality' are altering regional deterrence dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. Tune in to find out how the region will navigate 2026 by bolstering economic resilience and find new ways of cooperating at a time of weakening trust in the 'rules-based order'.
The Indo-Pacific enters 2026 amid accelerating strategic uncertainty. Intensifying US–China competition, questions surrounding the durability of American regional engagement, and the growing strategic agency of middle powers in Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean region are reshaping the region’s security and economic landscape.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Uncertainty: The Indo-Pacific in 2026 brings together the next generation of policy and data researchers from the region to unpack key geostrategic challenges that will define the region in the year ahead. The webinar will examine how shifts in great power behaviour, minilateral arrangements such as the Quad and AUKUS, as well as ASEAN's concept of its 'centrality' are altering regional deterrence dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. Tune in to find out how the region will navigate 2026 by bolstering economic resilience and find new ways of cooperating at a time of weakening trust in the 'rules-based order'.
