In the face of China’s “coercive tendencies”, is it time for NZ to shape its own “Indo-Pacific strategy”?

Earlier  this  week  Point of  Order  carried  a  post  by Geoffrey Miller  on  how Japan under  a  new security blueprint is doubling its defence spending. The plans see Japan buying up advanced weaponry – including long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US – and spending more on developing hypersonic and cybersecurity technology.

Miller writes that Japan’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) openly calls out China, describing Beijing a ‘matter of serious concern for Japan’ and the ‘greatest strategic challenge’ to the country’s security.

The NSS also alleges China is developing its ‘strategic ties’ with Russia and is seeking to ‘challenge the international order’.

Meanwhile The  Economist  offers insights  into what it defines  as “Reinventing the Indo-Pacific”.