Episode 106: The UK's 2025 Carrier Strike Group Deployment and Britain’s Indo-Pacific Tilt
The Royal Navy fleet flagship in Asia prompts a critical question: How serious is Britain about the Indo-Pacific?
Against a backdrop of deepening UK–Japan defence and economic ties, shifting US engagement, and growing regional security pressures, this episode of Global Security Briefing explores what the HMS Prince of Wales’ 2025 mission reveals about the UK’s approach to the Indo-Pacific. Host Neil Melvin is joined by Dr Philip Shetler-Jones to discuss how the deployment has been received in Japan and across the region, what has changed since the 2021 Royal Navy mission, and where Britain’s Indo-Pacific policy may be heading in the years ahead.
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Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones
Senior Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security
International Security
