> Academic Workshop : “The Indo-Pacific: Quest for Security, Status and Peaceful Change”, August 10, 2026
Academic Workshop : “The Indo-Pacific: Quest for Security, Status and Peaceful Change”, August 10, 2026
One-Day Academic Workshop
The Indo-Pacific: Quest for Security, Status and Peaceful Change
August 10, 2026
School of International Relations and Politics
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Organised by
School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University,
in collaboration with Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC)
supported by Korea Foundation
Programme
- Hrs Hrs: Session1: Workshop Introduction
- Jojin V John, MG University and TV Paul, McGill University; Lead Discussant: Ian Hall, Griffith University
10.45-11.00 Hrs: Tea Break:
11.00-12.30 Session 2: Mapping International Order Transition in The Indo-Pacific
Chair: TV Paul, McGill University
- Navnita Chadha Behera, University of Delhi, Delhi and Surinder Mohan, University of Delhi, Delhi, Paper Title: Contested Elements and Efficacy of Order-building in the Indo-Pacific; Lead Discussant: Shibashis Chatterjee, Jadavpur University
- Jaeyoung Kim, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA; Paper Title: Status Trajectory, Secondary States, and the Rise of China in the Indo-Pacific; Lead Discussant: Kuyoun Chung, Kangwon National University
- Carlos E. Juárez, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Paper Title: Spheres of Influence and Regional Orders: Latin America and the Indo Pacific in the Age of Geoeconomics; Lead Discussant: TV Paul, McGill University
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15:00 Hrs Session 3: Indo-Pacific Order Transition and Secondary States
Chair: Carlos E. Juárez, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Giorgio Shani, International Christian University, Tokyo, Paper Title: Re-Envisioning the Indo-Pacific After Liberal Hegemony; Lead Discussant: Navnita Chadha Behera University of Delhi
- Kuyoun Chung, Kangwon National University, South Korea; Paper Title: South Korea’s Bounded Diversification: Alliance Constraints, Threat Perception, and Limited Strategic Autonomy; Discussant: Jaeyoung Kim, San Diego State University
- Mumin Chen and Anand Chauhan, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan; Paper Title: Taiwan as a Pivotal Security Actor in a Multiplex Indo-Pacific: Integration, Agency, and Strategic Adaptation; Lead Discussant: Rani D. Mullen, College of William and Mary
15:00-15.15 Tea Break
15.15-16.45 Session 4: India and Indo-Pacific Order
Chair: Navnita Chadha Behera, University of Delhi (TBC)
- Shibashis Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; Paper Title: India’s Navigation of the Indo-Pacific: A Constructivist Explanation of Order, Autonomy, and Identity; Lead Discussant: Giorgio Shani, International Christian University (TBC)
- Rani D. Mullen, College of William and Mary, USA; Paper Title: Soft Power and Status: Comparing the Strategies of India and Indonesia in the Indo-Pacific; Lead Discussant: Surinder Mohan, University of Jammu (TBC)
- Ian Hall, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Paper Title: India as a Middle Power in a Multiplex Indo-Pacific?; Lead Discussant Jojin V John, MG University
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