Ngaibi
a
kchi
ng
Indo
–
Pacific P
erspect
ive
│
40
Multi
polarit
y
with
shared com
mit-
ment to
multi
late
ralism
has th
e
potentia
l to mak
e the In
do
–
Pacific
peaceful, predictable,
and rules
–
ori-
ented. The task of
the new US
President Joe Biden is to
undo
T
rump’s legacy,
which undermin
ed
the cause of a rules
–
based
order in
the I
ndo
–
Pacific; salvag
e US lead-
ership and influence;
and resus
ci-
tate multil
ateral
ism for
the co
m-
mon go
od. At th
e same time
, it
is
necessary for other powers to e
n-
gag
e both the
United Sta
tes and
Notes
1
The Ind
o
–
P
acific i
s a reg
ion
al co
nstruct
tha
t
in-
clud
es No
rth
e
ast
Asi
a, t
he South Chi
na
Sea
,
an
d the
extens
iv
e sea li
ne
s
of c
ommunic
ati
on in t
he Indi
an
and Pac
ific
O
ceans
. The geo
graphi
cal
re
alm of I
ndo
–
Pa
cific regio
n
repre
sents
over 50 p
erc
en
t of
global
GDP an
d popul
ati
on.
2
Stew
art
Pa
trick, “W
orld
Orde
r:
What
, Exact
ly, are
the
Rule
s?”
The W
ashin
gto
n Qua
rterly
39
, no
. 1
(2016)
:
7–
27
.
3
Tari
k Oğuz
lu,
“
Under
st
anding C
hina
’
s
C
halle
nge
to th
e
I
nte
rna
tiona
l
O
rde
r
,”
Da
ily
Sa
bah,
23 July
2019,
ht
tps
:/
/ww
w.dai
lys
abah.c
om/
.
4
Har
sh Vardhan Shr
ingla
,
“More
and
more co
untrie
s
now shar
e Indi
a’s
vis
ion f
or the r
egion
,”
Indi
an Ex-
press
,
7
Novem
ber
2020
,
ht
tps
:/
/i
ndiane
xpres
s.c
om/
.
5
Tr
ump has
an a
pparent
aver
sion
to
an
d dis
dain f
or
the
Unite
d Na
tion
s
,
W
orl
d Trad
e Or
gani
zat
ion,
and
NATO
. H
e
withd
r
ew
from the
Paris Cli
ma
te
Acco
rd
the
Tran
s
–
Pacific P
artn
ership
,
and
Iran N
ucle
ar
De
al.
See
:
Al
ex Pasc
al
,
“Aga
inst Wa
shin
gto
n’s ‘Gre
at
Pow
er’
Obs
ess
ion
,
”
23
Sept
ember
2019,
http
s://www
.the
atlan
tic.co
m/
.
6
Zhiqun Zhu,
“
Inte
rpre
ting
China
’s ‘Wolf-
Wa
rrior
Dip
loma
cy
’,”
Th
e Diplo
mat
,
15
May 202
0,
http
s://th
e-
dipl
omat.
com
/
.
7
Mal
col
m Jorgens
en
,
“Intern
atio
nal
law ca
nno
t save
the
rule
s
–
bas
ed order
,
”
Low
y In
stitute
,
18
Decemb
er
2018
,
http
s://www
.lowy
institu
te.o
rg/.
Chi
na to preve
nt the In
do
–
Pacific
region from becoming a thea
ter of
the “ne
w cold
war,” and to
ensu
re
that freedom and openness acr
oss
the region are enoug
h to abate the
risk of coercion and instability
. ■
Dr.
Ngaibiakching
Dr. Ngaibiakchin
g is a
research
er
in Indo
–
Pacific Studies at Ja
wa-
haral Nehru Un
iversity.
8
Vi
jay Gok
hale
,
“
China D
oesn’t
Want a
New Wor
ld
Ord
er. It Wa
nts
This O
ne
,
”
New
York
Times
,
4
June
2020,
https://ww
w.nytim
es.com/.
9
Greg
Raym
o
n
d
, Hi
tos
hi Nas
u, See Sen
g Tan, a
nd
Rob McLa
ughli
n,
“Prosp
ects
for th
e Rules
–
Based
Global
Or
der
,”
ANU
Colle
ge o
f Asia & th
e Pa
cific,
June 20
17
,
http
://bellsch
ool.a
nu.ed
u.au/.
10
Fu Ying,
“I
s C
hina’s
Choic
e to Submi
t to t
he U.S.
or C
halle
nge
It?”
Huffin
gton
Po
st
,
26
May 20
15,
https://w
ww.hu
ffpost.co
m/
.
11
Patrick
, “W
orld O
rde
r
.”
12
Caitlin
Byrn
e, “S
ecurin
g the ‘
Rules
–
Bas
ed Order
’
in t
he Indo
–
Pacific
,”
Secu
rity
Ch
alleng
es
16,
n
o. 3
(2020)
:
10
–
15
.
13
Ry
osu
ke H
ana
da, “
ASEAN’s Role i
n th
e Indo
–
Pa-
cific: R
ules
–
Based Or
der and Re
gional
Int
egri
ty
” in
Min
d the G
ap: N
atio
nal V
iews o
f the Fr
ee an
d Op
en
Indo
–
Pacific
, ed. Shar
on Ster
li
ng, (
Washi
ngton,
DC:
Ge
rman
Marsh
all Fun
d o
f the U
nited Sta
tes
Report
,
2019)
:
7–
12
.
14
Maj
a Grof
f and Jor
is
Larik
,
“St
rengthe
ning the
Ru
les
–
Bas
ed Glo
bal Or
der: Th
e Case f
or an I
nterna-
tion
al Ru
le of L
aw Pa
ckage
,”
Stim
son C
en
ter,
Sep-
tember
2020,
https://www
.stimson
.org/.
15
Kai
He and
Hui
yun
F
eng, “
The Inst
ituti
onali
za-
tion
of th
e Ind
o
–
Pa
cific,”
Inte
rnatio
na
l Affairs
96, no
.
1 (
2020
):
149
–
68
.
16
Patrick
, “W
orld O
rde
r
.”
17
Ian
Hal
l and
Mich
ael
Heaz
le,
“T
he Rul
es
–
Bas
ed
Ord
er in th
e I
ndo
–
Pa
cific: Op
po
rtunitie
s an
d
