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MrCrispianWilson
PoliticalCounsellor,BritishEmbassyWarsaw
Introduction
In2022theeyesoftheworldwerefocusedonRussia’s
unjustifiedinvasionofUkraineandtheheroiceffortof
theUkrainianpeopleinthedefenceoftheirfreedom
andsovereignty.AlthoughRussiaremainsthelargest
threattointernationalpeaceandsecurity,thisinvasion
madeitevenmoreobviousforallthepeace-loving
nationsoftheworld,thatonlythroughunityanddeeper
cooperationcanweprotectoursharedvalues.There
arechallengestosecurityandprosperityinvarious
partsoftheworldandoneoftheareasofstruggleis
theIndo-Pacific,withitsimportancerisingeveryyear.
Thisgrowingconsensusamongstourlike-mindedalliesandpartnersis
alsotranslatingintoanewnetworkof‘Atlantic-Pacific’partnerships,basedon
asharedviewthattheprosperityandsecurityoftheEuro-AtlanticandIndo-
Pacificareinextricablylinked.Thisisseeninthegrowingimportanceofthe
G7,closercooperationofcountriessuchasAustralia,theRepublicofKoreaand
IndiawithG7countries,andthecommitmentofmanyIndo-Pacificcountriesto
supportingUkraine’sself-defence.ItisalsoseenintheinvestmentoftheUKin
deeperdefensivetiesandnewframeworkssuchasAUKUS1andGCAP2with
ItalyandJapan.TheseenabletheUKanditspartnerstodevelopcapabilitiesthat
notonlyreinforceNATO,buthelpalliesintheIndo-Pacificbolstertheirown
security.ScienceandTechnology,tradeandeconomicconnectivityarealsovital
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AbouttheAUKUS-Australia,UnitedKingdom,andtheUnitedStatestrilateralalliancewri-
tesDrJustynaEska-Mikołajewskainherchapter“TheIndo-PacificinAustralia’ssecurity
policy:astrategicchangeinthepresenceoftheCommonwealthintheregion?”ofthismono-
graph-editor’snote.
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GCAPstandsforGlobalCombatAirProgramme-editor’snote.