The future of US Indo-Pacific policy
Gregory Brown, Nerida King and Eric Lies
Acronyms and abbreviations
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BRI Belt and Road Initiative
CCP Chinese Communist Party
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
PLA People’s Liberation Army
About the authors
Gregory Brown, Senior Fellow and Director of Regional Cooperation and Coordination, ASPI USA.
Nerida King, Residential Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Strategy, ASPI USA.
Eric Lies, Fellow, Alliance Strategy, ASPI USA.
Acknowledgements
We express our gratitude to the US Government and non-government exercise participants who brought the energy, expertise, and experience that made this project a success. The scenarios described in this report are products of their intellectual openness and commitment to the process. In alphabetical order, the non–US Government participants were Dr. Piper Campbell (American University); Jordan DAmato (The Truman National Security Project); Dr. Jennifer Moroney (RAND Corporation); Jessica Steffens (American Defense International); and Dr. Alan Tidwell (Georgetown University).
Staff members at ASPI USA assembled the participants, facilitated the exercises, and drafted this report. Thanks to Adam Leslie, Dr. Nishank Motwani, Marika Virgo, Patrick Centeno, Jacqueline Gibson, Amisha Gupta, Cameron Hendrix, Georgina Lancaster, and Sally Mudie for contributing
to the discussion and tailoring the scenarios. Special thanks to Jonah Bock and Chandler Jessup as standout notetakers and scribes throughout the event.
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First published February 2025. Cover image: iStockphoto/Phototreat.