What is the Indo-Pacific you ask. Well there comes a time when the concepts of geography stop being adequate for geopolitics. The crucial ocean link of our timr goes from Japan to Suez. It’s the Indo-Pacific. Both the Pacific and the Atlantic matter a lot less 
Japan, China, SE Asia, India, Middle East and Europe is what 70-75% of global GDP? All tightly connected in one single arc
This arc in 30 years will be one continuous area of economic development, like the arc from Milan to Amsterdam in its day but on a scale 20 times larger
Do not discount the Middle East. Dubai, Tel Aviv and Istanbul already massive economic centers. We could have three more in next few decades
I just had a podcast with Robert Kaplan and defended this vision for the Middle East. Quoted @cmschroed whom you should read if you’re a sceptic
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