WORLD POLITICS IN INDO-PACIFIC, A CASE STUDY OF AMBITION FOR GREAT POWERS

Abstract

The concept of the Indo-Pacific has emerged as one of the most important strategic frameworks in modern international relations. Instead of denoting an amoral geographic space, the Indo-Pacific corresponds to a politically conceived domain shaped by the competition of great powers, maritime rivalry, and competing visions of territorial order. This paper argues that the Indo-Pacific would be interpreted not as an oceanic spectrum but as a battlefield of aspirations in which major powers seek to shape security designs, economic flows, and moral principles. Drawing on international relations theory and territorial studies, the paper suggests the development of the Indo-Pacific concept, analyzes the strategic aspirations of great and medium powers, and examines the security, economic, aknd moral dimensions of territorial contest. The paper concludes that the Indo-Pacific indicates wide fabrications in the world order, marked by the erosion of uni-polar supremacy and the integration of a disputed multi-polar maritime system.