Free strategic briefing · 60 minutes · Online
China, the sea lanes and the allied response: is it working?
A live strategic briefing and preview of the IPSC Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security. In September, all ten of IPSC's research clusters recorded unusually high strategic significance, yet escalation stayed low in seven. Beijing is pressing through coast guards, administration and economic levers rather than force.
What you'll take away
- How China is turning presence into routine control at Second Thomas Shoal, Scarborough, east of Taiwan and the Bashi Channel
- What this means for maritime corridors, chokepoints and undersea cables
- How economic coercion is running beneath the US–China trade truce
- A scorecard for judging whether the allied response is working, and what to watch into 2027
Who it's for
- Diplomacy, defence, national security, embassies and foreign affairs
- Investment and country or geopolitical risk
- International policy, research and strategy roles
Two live sessions · Tuesday 3 November
6.00pm AEDT · 4.00pm Tokyo/Seoul · 3.00pm Singapore/Manila · 12.30pm New Delhi · 7.00am London
7.00pm EST · 6.00pm Chicago · 4.00pm Los Angeles
(11.00am AEDT, Wednesday 4 November)
Part of the IPSC Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
A six-week programme in structured analysis of Indo-Pacific security. The scorecard method used in this briefing is taught in full, with live time reserved for applied judgement.
Pre-read: October Indo-Pacific Report. Optional, but it will help you get the most from the session.
Register below and choose your session.