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Background to the Quad:
Bibliography on the Indo-Pacific,
2017-2021
Carlyle A. Thayer
March 14, 2021

Background to the Quad:

Bibliography of Thayer Publications on the Indo-Pacific, 2017-2021

1. “Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Work in Progress,” Thayer

Consultancy Background Report, July 15, 2017.
https://www.scribd.com/document/356163365/Thayer-Japan-s-Free-and-Open-
Indo-Pacific-Strategy-A-Work-in-Progress

2. “Trump’s ‘Free and Open’ Indo-Pacific Region,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, November 9, 2017. https://www.scribd.com/document/364059462/Thayer-
Trump-s-Free-and-Open-Indo-Pacific-Region

3. “Indo-Pacific Region: 6 Major Security Challenges in 2018,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, December 30, 2017.
https://www.scribd.com/document/368177782/Thayer-Indo-Pacific-Region-Six-
Major-Security-Challenges-in-2018

4. “Australia and Security Realignments in the Indo-Pacific Region,” Paper to Fourth

Annual Australian Security Summit, sponsored by the Public Sector Network, QT
Hotel, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia, July 17, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/384524577/Thayer-Australia-Security-
Realignments.

5. “The Trump Administration’s Transactional Approach to Security in the Indo-

Pacific Region,” Paper presented to panel on The Balance of Power and Security in
the Asia-Pacific Region, International Political Science Association, 25th World
Congress of Political Science, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 21-25, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/384614158/Thayer-The-Trump-
Administration-s-Transactional-Approach-to-Security-in-the-Indo-Pacific-Region.
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6. “Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Its Implications: An Australian Perspective,” Paper
to International Conference on Whither ‘The Indo-Pacific Strategy?’ Shifting
Strategic Landscape in the Asia-Pacific Region, co-hosted by Cambodian Institute
for Cooperation and Peace, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the U.S. Embassy,
Raffles Hotel Le Royale, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 20-21, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/389276529/Thayer-Free-and-Open-Indo-
Pacific-and-Its-Implications-An-Australian-Perspective

7. “United States: Free and Open Indo-Pacific a Work in Progress,” Thayer

Consultancy Background Brief, January 11, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/369141927/Thayer-United-States-Free-and-
Open-Indo-Pacific-a-Work-in-Progress

8. “United States: Trump Administration and the Indo-Pacific – What Lies Ahead?”
Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, January 28, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/word/document_edit/370282812

9. “Realignments in the Indo-Pacific Region,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Report, February 5, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/371754944/Thayer-Realignments-in-the-
Indo-Pacific-Region.

10. “Australia-United States Relations and the Indo-Pacific Region,” Thayer

Consultancy Background Brief, June 11, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/381985839/Thayer-Australia-United-States-
Relations-and-the-Indo-Pacific-Region.

11. “United States: Secretary Pompeo’s Indo-Pacific Economic Vision - 1,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Report, August 4, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/385553872/Thayer-United-States-Secretary-
Pompeo-s-Indo-Pacific-Economic-Vision

12. “United States: Secretary Pompeo’s Indo-Pacific Economic Vision - 2,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Report, August 5, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/385553872/Thayer-United-States-Secretary-
Pompeo-s-Indo-Pacific-Economic-Vision

13. “U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for Vietnam and the South China Sea,”
Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, August 9, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/386245691/Thayer-U-S-Indo-Pacific-
Strategy-Implications-for-Vietnam-and-the-South-China-Sea.

14. “United States: Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy,” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, August 23, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/387109686/Thayer-United-States-Free-and-
Open-Indo-Pacific-Strategy.

15. “Indo-Pacific Region: Bibliography of Thayer Consultancy Background Briefs, 2017-

2018,” Thayer Consultancy Background Report, August 28, 2018.
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https://www.scribd.com/document/387170163/Thayer-Indo-Pacific-Region-
Bibliography-of-Thayer-Consultancy-Background-Briefs-2017-2018.

16. “A New Cold War in the Indo-Pacific Region?” Thayer Consultancy Background
Brief, November 27, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/394249696/Thayer-A-New-Cold-War-in-the-
Indo-Pacific-Region

17. “U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific Region After Secretary of Defense James Mattis,”
Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, December 29, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/396703258/Thayer-Background-Brief-U-S-
Policy-in-the-Indo-Pacific-Region-After-Secretary-of-Defense-James-Mattis

18. “Global Britain and Re-engagement with the Indo-Pacific,” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, January 8, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/397405803/Thayer-Global-Britain-and-Re-
Engagement-With-the-Indo-Pacific

19. Australia: A U.S. Surrogate in the Indo-Pacific Region?” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, January 16, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/397699312/Thayer-Australia-A-U-S-
Surrogate-in-the-Indo-Pacific-Region

20. “Global Britain and re-engagement with the Indo-Pacific,” The Australian Naval
Institute, January 20, 2019. https://navalinstitute.com.au/global-britain-and-re-
engagement-with-the-indo-pacific/

21. “Major Powers in the Indo-Pacific,” Chennai Centre for China Studies, Defence and
Security Article No. 26/2019, July 2, 2019. https://www.c3sindia.org/defence-
security/major-powers-in-the-indo-pacific-by-carlyle-a-thayer/

22. “The Major Powers and the Indo-Pacific,” Presentation to Vietnam People’s Army
Australia Study Tour 2019, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy,
Canberra, September 20, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/433160886/Thayer-Major-Powers-Major-
Powers-in-the-Indo-Pacific

23. “Đại cường quốc trong khu vực Ấn Độ-Thái Bình Dương (Major Powers and the
Indo-Pacific),” 2 parts, Presentation to Vietnam People’s Army Australia Study
Tour 2019, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of New South
Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, September 20, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/448186711/Giao-sư-Carl-Thayer-Đại-
cường-quốc-trong-khu-vực-Ấn-Độ-Thai-Binh-Dương-Pt-1-of-2-Major-Powers-
and-the-Indo-Pacific and
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/448187586/Giao-sư-Carl-Thayer-Đại-
cường-quốc-trong-khu-vực-Ấn-Độ-Thai-Binh-Dương-Pt-2-of-2-Major-Powers-
and-the-Indo-Pacific
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24. “Indo-Pacific: Towards Dialogue and Cooperation and Reducing Rivalry,” Paper to
International Conference on the Indo-Pacific: The New Maritime Geopolitical
Theater, co-sponsored by Malaysian Institute of Maritime Affairs, Embassy of
Japan and High Commission of Australia, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, October 23-24, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/433163075/Thayer-Indo-Pacific-Towards-
Dialogue-and-Cooperation-and-Reducing-Rivalry-An-Australian-Perspective

25. “Asia Reassurance Initiative Act: Framework for Indo-Pacific Strategy?” Thayer
Consultancy Background Brief, December 31, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/441543285/Thayer-Asia-Reassurance-
Initiative-Act-Framework-for-Indo-Pacific-Strategy

26. “Asia Reassurance Initiative Act: Framework for a US Indo-Pacific Strategy?”, The
Diplomat, January 7, 2020. https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/asia-reassurance-
initiative-act-framework-for-a-us-indo-pacific-strategy/

27. “U.S.-China Relations: A New Cold War in the Indo-Pacific?” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, May 22, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/462689672/Thayer-U-S-China-Relations-A-
New-Cold-War-in-the-Indo-Pacific

28. “Southeast Asia: Foreign Policy and Maritime Security Participation in the Indo-
Pacific,” Presentation to Virtual International Conference on “A New Regional
Order: Effective Alignment through Strategic Partnerships,” Stratbase ADR
Institute, Makati City, Philippines, July 14, 2020. https://youtu.be/54KEVBPl35k.

29. Keynote Address, “Vietnam in the Emerging Geo-politics of the Indo-Pacific

Region,” Centre for Vietnam Studies, Web Dialogue, New Delhi, India, July 17,
2020.
https://www.facebook.com/CentreforVietnamStudiesNewDelhi/videos/5755254
99805634/.

30. “Australia Joins the U.S. to Counter China and to Deepen Engagement in the Indo-
Pacific,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, July 25, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/470732394/Thayer-Australia-Joins-the-U-S-
to-Counter-China-and-to-Deepen-Engagement-in-the-Indo-Pacific.

31. “U.S. Policies in the Indo-Pacific After the Election” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, October 29, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/482174827/Thayer-U-S-Policies-in-the-Indo-
Pacific-After-the-Election.

32. “Australia-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, November 22, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/485583818/Thayer-Australia-Japan-
Reciprocal-Access-Agreement.
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33. “China’s Growing Military Reach: Responses by the U.S. and the Quad,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Brief, March 14, 2021.
https://www.scribd.com/document/498757123/Thayer-China-s-Growing-
Military-Reach-Responses-by-the-U-S-and-the-Quad.

Suggested citation: Carlyle A. Thayer, “Background to the Quad: Bibliography on the

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