INDO-PACIFIC REGION :

                    INDO-PACIFIC REGION                      

Before It was called as ASIA-PACIFIC and Now It is called as INDO-PACIFIC:

CONTEXT:- 

# India has set up an INDO-PACIFIC Divission in the ministry of External Affairs.

# The New division is intended to give a Coherent Architecture to the policy, Which was articulated by the prime minister at the Shangri-la-Dialouge in 2018.

SHANGRI-LA-DIALOUGE:-

# It is an intergovernmental Security Forum Held Annually by an Independent Think Tank , the International Institute of Strategic studies in Singapore.

# Shangri-la-dialouge has evolved into a Key strategic gathering of Indo-Pacific region.

# It is attended by defense ministers Permanent heads of ministries and military chief of Asia-Pacific states.

INDO-PACIFIC REGION:- 

# Countries falling in the direct hinterland of the Vast Indian and Pacific Oceanic expanse are termed ' Indo-Pacific Countries ' .

# It is a multipolar region , contributing more than half of the world's GDP and population.

IMPORTANCE OF DIVISION:-

# The decision will Integrate the Indian Ocean RIM Association (IORA) , ASEAN , Region and QUARD.

# India is Planning to Put greater energy to the IORA because the Core of the Indo-Pacific policy is rotated in the Indian Ocean.

# U.S also Recently Renamed It's Pacific command to the Indo-Pacific command as it seeks to give significance to the Indo-Pacific policy.

INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION:-

# It is an Inter-governmental Organisation which was established on 7 March 1997.

# IORA has 21 Member States , Mainly Littoral Indian Ocean States , and 7 Other States and Dialogue Partners.

IORA MEMBER STATE NAMELY:-

AUSTRALIA , BANGLADESH , COMOROS , INDIA , INDONESIA , IRAN , KENYA , MADAGASCAR , MALAYSIA , MALDIVES , MAURITIUS , MOZAMBIQUE , OMAN , SEYCHELLES , SINGAPORE , SOMALIA , SOUTHAFRICA , SRILANKA , TANZANIA , THAILAND , UNITED ARAB EMIRAT (UAE) , YEMEN.

QUAD MEMBERS:-

It is the grouping of four democracies- INDIA , AUSTRALIA , U.S , JAPAN.

ASEAN MEMBERS:-

BRUNEI , CAMBODIA , INDONESIA , LAOS , MALAYSIA , MAYANMAR , PHILIPPINES , SINGAPORE , THAILAND , VIETNAM.