Research Domain 04 of 16
Geopolitics
Power, geography and order: how great-power competition, chokepoints and regional institutions shape the future.
Overview
Scope of the domain
The Geopolitics domain reads international politics through geography, infrastructure and civilisation. Research covers great-power rivalry in the Indo-Pacific, the strategic weight of the Strait of Malacca and the Andaman Sea, the politics of ASEAN centrality, and the rise of the Global South as an autonomous actor in a fragmenting order.
Analysis in this domain moves deliberately from global to local, asking how shifts in Washington, Beijing or Moscow are felt in Aceh, Patani or the Natuna Sea. It connects to the School of Geopolitics and to AI Laboratory simulators that help students and analysts test assumptions about chokepoints, space power and maritime competition.
Key research questions
- How will US–China rivalry reshape Southeast Asian choices?
- What is the strategic value of maritime chokepoints around Indonesia?
- Can ASEAN centrality survive great-power pressure?
- How do local conflicts become geopolitical assets for outside powers?
Focus areas
- Indo-Pacific power competition
- Maritime chokepoints and sea lanes
- ASEAN and regional order
- Global South and multipolarity
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