IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2024 | Plenary Session 6: Connecting Indian Ocean and Pacific Security

The Indian and Pacific Oceans face a variety of similar and shared security challenges, from climate change to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, energy and supply chain vulnerabilities along sea lines of communication, and rising geopolitical tensions. While the two regions have distinct multilateral organisations such as ASEAN, IORA, and the PIF, their reach is limited. It remains unclear if minilaterals such as the Quad and their smaller membership can promote inter-regional cooperation. This session explored how the security of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean were interconnected and could be strengthened, highlighting examples of how this might be achieved.