Indo-Pacific security links: Vikramaditya, ADIZ, China in Africa, austerity and more

• What a confrontation over China’s new ADIZ might look like.
• Pakistan has appointed a new Army Chief, Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif. The New York Times provides some context.
• Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are visiting India this week. Brahma Chellaney and Pramit Pal Chaudhuri look at the impact the growing India-Japan partnership will have on Asia’s strategic future.
• Should we look to the Washington Naval Conference as a possible solution to arms races in the Indo-Pacific?
• Why we should abandon the ‘China in Africa’ narrative.
• What the induction of the INS Vikramaditya means for the Indian Navy and the Indian Ocean strategic environment.
• How austerity has historically forced Washington to think more strategically (paywalled).
• A photo essay on China’s increasingly ambitious space program. 

The Lowy Institute International Security Program's work on Indo-Pacific security is supported by two grants from the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation.