Geo Finals

• attack launched from the sea by naval and landing forces

  Amphibious Operation
• when triggered results to bigger conflict

  Flashpoints
• 3 elements of Flashpoints by Timothy H.

  1. Politics
  2. Proximity
  3. Paranoia
• the division between North Korea and South Korea

  38th Parallel
• north korea

  Kim Il Sung
• South Korea

  Syngnam Rhee
• supported by USSR (communism)

  North Korea
• supported by US (Capitalism)

  South Korea
• the only part in South Korea that was not invaded by North Korea

  Busan
• N.K invaded S.K except Busan

  Korean War
• geopolitical construct combining Indian Ocean (Western I. P) , Western Pacific region (eastern I.P), and islands and oceans that connect them (Central I.P) -- into a single construct

  Indo-Pacific
• Western Indo-Pacific part

  Indian Ocean
• Eastern Indo-Pacific

  Western Pacific Region
• Island and oceans connecting Indo-Pacific into a single regional construct

  Central Indo-Pacific
• Indo- Pacific comprises _ countries and economies

  40
• • “The Pacific and the Indian Oceans are now bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity.” quote from a speech delivered by

  Shinzo Abe
• Nearly 60% of global GDP , with _____having the highest GDP within the region with 17,963billion dollars.

  China
• T/F: PRC, Japan, India, ROK, Australia are 5 of the region's largest economies

  T
• 3 of high-tech economies

  Japan, SK, Taiwan
• Three world financial hubs

  Tokyo, HK, Singapore
• T/F: burning of coal, natural gas, and oil for electricity and heat, as well as fossil fuels burned in industrial processes, transportation, and agriculture, are major contributors to 50 % of global greenhouse gas emmisions

  T
• 37 % of the world's poor due to implications on developing countries being exploited

  Wallerstein's modern capitalist
• Central Indo-Pacific is within the _____ _______ which contains 76% of all coral species describing richness and diversity of marine resources

  coral triangle
• 3 of the world's largest economy

  China, India, Japan
• The region’s economic ________ and __________ growth are driving demand for education,health services, food, agriculture and fisheries, natural resources and critical minerals, energy,financial services, advanced manufacturing, and green infrastructure

  dynamism, population
• I. P makes up _ of all global economic activity

  1/3
• have always played critical roles for great powers jostling for influence on the world stage.

  ISLANDS
• Regional _____ and _________ are threatened by instability on the KoreanPeninsula as a result of North Korean provocations; rising violence in Myanmar following the recentmilitary coup d’état; clashes on the India-China and India-Pakistan borders; escalating tensions inthe South and East China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait; and severe poverty and inequality. TheIndo-Pacific is home to four states that possess nuclear weapons (China, India, North Korea andPakistan)

  PEACE, PROSPERITY
• Respect for the(?) of other states is a cornerstone of the rules-based international order and ofgovernments’ ability to work together to solve shared problems.

  sovereignty
• n 2017, India joined the United States’ advocacyin launching the(?).

  Indo-Pacific strategy
• This plan sought toconnect the four major powers in the region—the UnitedStates, Japan, Australia, and India, by forming a security initiative called the (?), or The Quadfor short—to maintain regional order

  Quad Security Dialogue
• The (?) is adiplomatic partnership committed to promoting stability, resilience and prosperity in the IndoPacific, sharing a vision for a region that is governed by accepted rules and norms, where all cancooperate, trade and thrive.

  QUAD
• Quad 1.0 began when a (?) happened in the Indian Ocean happened in 2004

  Tsunami
• The 4 countries formed the (?), to coordinate the emergency response andhumanitarian assistance;

  Tsunami Core Group
• In 2012 – he advocated for a (?) – a version of the QUAD advocating again for the peace, stability and freedom of Navigation in both the Pacific and the Indian ocean, and that India andJapan should have greater roles in guarding the two regions – alongside the US and Australia;

  Democratic Security Diamond
• “any aspect of global health diplomacy that relies on the use or delivery ofvaccines” (Hotez, 2010)

  VACCINE DIPLOMACY
• THE FIRST INITIATIVE OF THE QUAD TO DELIVER OVER A BILLION COVID-19 VACCINES TO THE REGION

  QUAD VACCINE PARTNERSHIP
• THE 2ND INITIATIVE OF THE QUAD: November 2017, officials from the United States, Japan, India, and Australia restarted th eQuad after a decade’s hibernation at the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila. The officials discussed a wide range of issues, including maritime security, North Korea, connectivity, support for the (?) concept, and the promotion of a rules-based system in the Indo-Pacific region (Buchan and Rimland 2020).

  “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”
• The (?) government states that a free Indo-Pacific is an Indo-Pacific where all countries canhave freedom and exercise their sovereignty without coercion by other countries.

  US
• In security,(?) are geographic areas that have the ongoing potential to erupt into sudden and violent conflict.(Taylor, 2014)

  FLASHPOINTS