Steven Sikiewicz

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New Books in Pacific Studies · Joanna Siekiera, "International Law and Security in Indo-Pacific: Strategic Design for the Region" (Routledge, 2025) · 20 Dec 2025 podcast

Because, of course, we know China and India, they both have major militaries.

The Russians are also at least through like their proxy groups like Wagner and other groups are at least being present in the region in that capacity as what we would call private military contractors or mercenaries to in that sense.

But what are they in your view?

Now, you have mentioned and we have mentioned that you worked as a consultant for NATO for what was it, four years, you said?

Is the alliance prepared for these types of military and security challenges in your view?

Yeah.

And then getting to another dimension of this multidimensional picture is the significance of what you like to call ocean change, which was a theme of your postdoctoral research.

And how is this affecting the dynamics of the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region?

Now, of course, we've been talking about a lot of the great powers in this region.

But, of course, we also have to take into account that the smaller countries and microstates in this region, they have their own agendas.

They have their own agency.

And how are they addressing some of these security concerns, including ocean change, if you wish to address that issue?

Now, how are they reacting to some of the major powers?

You did just touch on this, like the United States.

How are they reacting to the United States, China, India and Russia when they try to get into the region?

Because we don't want to portray them as like helpless pawns.

They can follow their own agendas, but also at the same time, they can't just ignore the great powers in the region either.

Kind of even goes back to the old Cold War where they said, well, you'll get communism, but, you know, you'll get your independence and freedom from the colonial powers.

Yeah.

Now, do you think that NATO should?

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