The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative was launched in late 2019 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It proposes cooperation across seven maritime sectoral pillars – Ecology, Security, Resources, Capacity Building and Resource Sharing, Disasters, Technology, and Trade Connectivity. The proposal was well received despite the vast expanse of the Indo-Pacific, and numerous, and often divergent, interests of regional countries.

This book considers an integrated framework to unify the seven pillars and opportunities for implementation across each pillar of the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative. It makes specific recommendations under each pillar and identifies key drivers and mechanisms for integration. It is a novel outcome of an Australia-India academic collaboration, and a seminal contribution to implementing the Indo Pacific Oceans Initiative. We hope that students, academics, policy makers and anyone else with an interest in the region will find this book useful.