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Remaking the Indo-Pacific: The Indian Ocean and China’s rise
Join us for a conversation with Darshana M. Baruah and Oriana Skylar Mastro as they launch trailblazing new books, The Contest for the Indian Ocean and Upstart: How China became a Great Power, respectively.
In The Contest for the Indian Ocean, Baruah explores how the Indian Ocean has become a central stage for geopolitical competition, highlighting its strategic importance and the ambitions of global powers vying for influence in the region. Meanwhile, in Upstart, Mastro offers a compelling analysis of China's unconventional path to great power status, revealing the strategies that enabled its rise without triggering a major global backlash.
The authors, both leading regional security experts, will deliberate some of the key drivers reshaping the region. The discussion will be moderated by the Lowy Institute’s Director of Research, Hervé Lemahieu, and include questions from the audience.
Featuring
Darshana Baruah
Darshana M.
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Hervé Lemahieu
Hervé Lemahieu was a senior researcher at the Lowy Institute and served as Director of Research from 2021 to 2025.
