ABSTRACT

The Indo-Pacific (IP) is a construct of contested interpretation in terms of its geo-spatiality, but there is growing consensus that it extends from the East coast of Africa to the Western shores of the Americas, inclusive of the Pacific Island states. The IP is today the nucleus of the emerging global order. Major countries, including the USA, Japan, India, France, Germany and Australia, as well as the EU and ASEAN have articulated views on the IP. The IP is characterized by cooperation and contestation given its strategic geo-political and geo-economic centrality, as a growing number of rivalries is manifesting amongst established and emerging powers. Cooperation to enhance sustainable development must take precedence in the region to create a more equitable global community underpinned by a rules-based order committed to addressing the triple challenges of poverty, underdevelopment and inequality. This paper will focus on five areas that can contribute to a peaceful and prosperous IP: 1. A rules based open and inclusive IP, 2. Traditional and non-traditional security challenges 3. Free and open trade, including connectivity and digitalization 4. Environmental security and climate change 5. Sustainable development and a people-centered IP. Finally, the paper will offer a perspective on Africa and the IP.

摘要

印度-太平洋地区（IP）在地理空间上是一个有争议的解释构想，但越来越多的共识认为，它从非洲东海岸延伸到美洲西海岸，包括太平洋岛国。如今，知识产权是新兴全球秩序的核心。美国、日本、印度、法国、德国、澳大利亚等主要国家以及欧盟、东盟等都阐述了对知识产权的看法。鉴于其战略地缘政治和地缘经济中心地位，知识产权的特点是合作与竞争，老牌强国和新兴大国之间的竞争日益增多。该地区必须优先开展加强可持续发展的合作，以建立一个更加公平的全球社会，并以基于规则的秩序为基础，致力于解决贫困、不发达和不平等的三重挑战。本文将重点关注有助于和平与繁荣的知识产权的五个领域： 1. 基于规则的开放和包容的知识产权， 2. 传统和非传统安全挑战 3. 自由和开放的贸易，包括互联互通和数字化 4. 环境安全和气候变化 5. 可持续发展和以人为本的知识产权。最后，本文将提出关于非洲和知识产权的观点。传统和非传统安全挑战 3. 自由开放的贸易，包括互联互通和数字化 4. 环境安全和气候变化 5. 可持续发展和以人为本的知识产权。最后，本文将提出关于非洲和知识产权的观点。传统和非传统安全挑战 3. 自由开放的贸易，包括互联互通和数字化 4. 环境安全和气候变化 5. 可持续发展和以人为本的知识产权。最后，本文将提出关于非洲和知识产权的观点。