If reading western analyses, you will find the word Maritime Underbelly of Asia more often, literally translated as the sea region of Asia or the Indo-Pacific.

The term Indo-Pacific appears in US and Western strategies.

Many people wonder how much territory the Indo-Pacific has.

The US talked about the Indo-Pacific a lot during the Obama era.

Obama sees the US as the original Indo-Pacific power being challenged by China.

as well as viewing China as a challenging threat to the international system.

therefore blocking China with the Rebalancing Strategy inAsia (strategy to put a new balance in Asia) and Pivot to Asia (strategy to pin Asia) to reduce Chinese influence and preserve US interests.

The Obama-era US State Department defines that

The Indo-Pacific is a coastal arc that extends from South Africa to Australia.

If anyone listens to Obama's speeches often, he will find that Obama uses the terms Indo-Pacific and Asia-Pacific interchangeably.

The press once asked Mrs. Clinton

Secretary of State under Obama

How far is the extent of the Indo-Pacific that the United States wants to reduce China's influence?

Ms Clinton replied:

from the Indian subcontinent to the west coast of the Americas

Close your eyes and imagine that the United States in the Obama era

The US wants to fend off China's growth along the Indian Ocean.

East China Sea, South China Sea, and parts of the Pacific Ocean.

US foreign policy originally divided Asia into three regions: East Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia.

After China grows up

The United States therefore uses the term Maritime Underbelly of Asia or the Oceanic Area of ​​Asia.

The U.S. Department of Defense, as one of the tools of China's growth, tries to use the word

Indo-Asia-Pacific

That refers to the region from the west coast of the United States to the eastern edge of Africa.

This area covers both the Indian and Pacific oceans.

The person who frequently and frequently talks about the Indo-Pacific after Obama is Trump.

The State Department in the Trump era designated the Indo-Pacific region as

The area that covers the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.

In the Trump era

The United States wooed India to become the main actor in the Indo-Pacific region with the United States.

(To beat China) The United States is so worried about China becoming the world's number one instead of itself that it has invested heavily in the Indo-Pacific military.

Trump says India must not only be in South Asia

India must, along with the United States, gain influence in East Asia and the Pacific.

India is a country that doesn't want to mess with the US-China rivalry for world dominance.

Admiral Arun Declare, a former naval commander of the Indian Armed Forces, once announced that

“As an Indian

Every time I hear the word Asia-Pacific

I feel that India is excluded.

This region includes only East Asia.

south east asia

pacific islands

and only ends up in the Strait of Malacca.”

Former Prime Minister of Japan who was shot dead on July 8, 2022, named Mr. Abe. When he was prime minister, Abe seriously joined the strategy to reduce Chinese influence.

Abe used the term Broader Asia or wider Asia.

He said that integration between East Asia and South Asia must have Japan and India as the main actors.

Abe believes Japan-India cooperation will make it easier for the United States and Australia to work together.

Abe wanted to create a Quad, or quadruple, at the core of the four major powers, the United States, India, Japan and Australia.

Take control of the Indian and Pacific Ocean without China.

On March 3, 2023, a quadruple foreign ministers' meeting was held in New Delhi. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi proposed a model of the Beatles or the Four Beetles to unite around China.

while the fourth square eliminated the Chinese plot in New Delhi.

China is also producing fipronil, imidaclopl and permetrin.

To control growth by reducing the amount of eggs and larvae of insects.

China may produce these substances to inject all four ladybugs.

Nitikarun Mingruchiralai