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Combatant Commands

Unified Geographic and Functional Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense

Introduction

US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM or INDOPACOM) is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii and one of seven geographical combatant commands of the United States.

Indo-Pacific Command: Vision, Mission and Focus Areas

Indo-Pacific Command: History Organization Chart | AOR and Map

Use this page to find selected resources on the study of the US Indo-Pacific Command and security-related issues in India, Asia and the Pacific including references, books, research reports, articles, journals and websites.

Key DoD Research Centers

 Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

DoD regional center focused on security and strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region.

Countries of the Asia-Pacific RegionNews | Publications | Security Nexus

 

Background Research

Research Reports

Security Studies on JSTOR is an excellent resource to find research reports from different policy institutes in the field of security studies.  Keyword is the default search in JSTOR with the option to refine results by publication year, content type and subject.  Advanced Search allows more precise searching. 

Below are some reports from this collection:

A variety of quality, open access reports are also available from government and private research organizations.  Important sources include:

Below is a selected list of reports from different research institutions:

Journals

Enter Journal Title to check for full-text availability and coverage periods in all library collections:

Search Terms

There are many research topics for the study of military and security studies. Below is a selected list of search terms that may be helpful to find information on security issues or threats facing the Indo-Pacific region:

  • Armed conflict
  • Arms control
  • Authoritarian regimes
  • Belt & Road Initiative
  • Biosecurity
  • Border threats (tensions)
  • Civil wars
  • Climate change
  • Combined operations
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Counterterrorism
  • Corruption
  • Crime
  • Cybercrime
  • Cybersecurity
  • Demographics
  • Deterrence
  • Diplomacy
  • Drug trafficking
  • Economic dependency
  • Economic development
  • Energy security
  • Environmental security
  • Ethnic groups
  • Ethno-Religious conflict
  • Genocide
  • Geopolitics
  • Globalization
  • Great power competition
  • Human rights
  • Human security
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • Illegal narcotics
  • Immigration
  • Inequality
  • Insurgency
  • Integration
  • International agreements
  • Land development
  • Korean Peninsula
  • Maritime security
  • Mekong River
  • Migration
  • Militancy
  • Military bases
  • Military spending
  • Mineral resources
  • Missiles
  • Myanmar
  • Nationalism
  • Natural resources
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Organized crime
  • Peacekeeping
  • Political oppression
  • Political stability
  • Population growth
  • Racial identity
  • Radicalism
  • Refugees
  • Regional cooperation
  • Religion
  • Resource competition
  • Resource security
  • Sectarianism
  • Security alliances
  • Sea control
  • Social change
  • South China Sea
  • Stabilization
  • Terrorism
  • Urbanization
  • Violent extremism
  • Violent Extremist Org (VEO)
  • Water disputes / shortages
  • WMD

Regional Peacekeeping Forces and Security Organizations