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Japan

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The United States will dedicated to engage and support ASEAN member states as a major exporter, technical assistance from the United States to builds capacity in the energy sector, promotes collaborative approaches to digital trade, and investor in Southeast Asia, because ASEAN countries remains the fourth largest export market for the US.

Allow for regional cooperation with neighboring countries to optimize monitoring and control. Forming a joint information commission to encourage cooperation and discussion to achieve goals

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The US will support ASEAN's efforts to ensure that all Indo-Pacific countries, regardless of size, have an equal right in determining the Indo Pasific-region's future. Our primary goal is to optimize market access and level the playing field for US businesses. We also seek to work with our partners to lower trade barriers for companies, eliminate exports, and support job growth in US efforts to build business relationships in the region.

The United States believes that the Secure and Prosperous, Free and Open Indo-Pacific is respect each nation's sovereignty, and improve economic engagement aims to arm states to resist coercive economic practices, unsustainable debt burdens, and other threats. We accomplish this by increasing market access and competitiveness, facilitating business-to-business partnerships, and promoting free, fair, and reciprocal trade. Also to facilitate free enterprise while also protecting individual rights and empowering citizens.

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Alliances, Institutions, Network, and Resources to success the Ways Section:
- U.S.-Support for Economic Growth in Asia (US-SEGA)
- USAID
- U.S.-India Strategic Energy Partnership, we pursue energy cooperation in power, renewable, efficiency, and oil/gas segments.
- Thailand and Singapore are two of the six fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment in the United States.
- Make frameworks with Ministries of Finance in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore to strengthen capital markets.
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to facilitate digital trade, improve the ease of doing business, open services markets  and increase women’s economic participation.

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Japan Ministry of Defense is aware that the Indo-Pacific area is very vulnerable to crime and illegal fishing which can happen at any time. So, to realize our goal in this discussion, we have a suggestion that countries in the region have to had the same view on security and the existing international rules-based order to keep the situation safe and under control for a good future.  So in other words, we must be together in a forum (regional or international) to solve this problem together and convey the obstacles faced by each country so that we can find a peaceful solution together without the need for tension or actions that are deemed too confrontational.

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1. Ends:

What are our main goals? i.e., what is the problem, and how do we solve it?

What does a "Secure and Prosperous, Free and Open Indo-Pacific" mean?

2. Ways:

How should the United States achieve these goals?

What political, economic, security, humanitarian, or public diplomacy opportunities are there to achieve these goals?

3. Means:

What resources—funding, political capital, human capital, technology, etc.—are available?

What kind of alliances, institutions, or networks can the US government leverage to increase the success of the "Ways" section?

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United States have to improve relations with countries in the Indo-Pacific and take less confrontational steps to maintain reputation and attract support. It can be done with economic assitance, education, and climate change action.

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America and its allies can use funding or technology transfer to countries in the Indo-Pacific through available forums or new forums specifically created to deal with this issue.

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We believe that the main problems are issues that are causing extensive social impact to people in the region, such as terrorism, transnational crime, and drug trafficking which we believe are due to problems like lack of education and hunger.

as an institution, our solution to this matter would be pushing the U.S government and other related stakeholders to seek opportunities to broaden and strengthen partnerships with countries related to this issue such as India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal to respond to shared regional challenges

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How should US achieve this goal?

1. Helping in improving natural resource management
2. Strengthening Democratic systems in the area
3. Unlocking economic growth led by MNEs

Opportunities to achieve these goals:
goal 1:  USAID plays a leading role in Asia EDGE (Enhancing Development and Growth through Energy), an interagency initiative that works to strengthen energy security and expand energy access across the Indo-Pacific region

goal 2:USAID is leading on the Indo-Pacific Transparency Initiative, an interagency initiative aimed at promoting sound, just, and responsive governance.

goal 3: USAID contributes to interagency initiatives including the Infrastructure Transaction and Assistance Network, which enhances U.S. Government efforts to advance sustainable infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific

These 3 goals will be contributed mainly towards many communities in the Indian-ocean region

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Resources: as a Government agency, our resources lies in our networking and lobbying abilities to further pushes policies and decisions to create an act and policy that will solve all of the issues in indian-ocean pacific

alliances: other than the whole US government, further cooperation with existing alliances and networks such as Indian Ocean Rim Associaton (IORA), Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative could benefit greatly in the efforts of solving several issues at the same time in the indian-pacific ocean

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The main goal is that we need to sustain on securing the interconnectedness of the Indian and Pacific oceans as this maritime area brings so many opportunities towards indo-pacific especially to the trade and economic sector.

But all those benefits provided from the area cannot be obtained if we do not have a strong and evident basis of regulations and supervisions within the area.

In fact, this area will instead become a threat to nations in indo-pacific in maintaining its security and preventing any transnational crimes.

First of all, I would like to express the problems faced by these areas itself in maintaining maritime security

As cited from a journal publication regarding MARITIME SECURITY IN INDO-PACIFIC: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS,  the Pacific Ocean has several times been faced with maritime disputes and thus have become a complex problem in the maritime security of the Indo-Pacific. For example, with China's maritime expansion mainly the nine dash line claim over south china sea, had sparked disputes over southeast asian nations including philippines, vietnam, malaysia, and indonesia. Not only that, there are also other non-traditional maritime problems such as sea piracy, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing still becoming a major threat in the region. Moreover, a lack of counter measurement by the coast guards or ports security facility had led to ineffective surveillance towards drug and human trafficking.

Moving on to the indian ocean, at the heart of this region is located India. It has shared borders with seven countries but different from the Pacific Ocean, the maritime boundaries has settled more. But the most concerning problem is about China’s presence which being currently the focus of discussion in Indian Ocean maritime security. India worries over the number of Chinese warships and even the nuclear-capable submarines roaming in the Indian Ocean. Although Chinese officials stated that its naval activities are to protect the shipping lines from piracy and such threats, however there are speculations saying China is asserting maritime dominance across Asia

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With that being said, as the Indo-Pacific becomes the center of global economic activities, geopolitics, and security dynamics, the region needs a comprehensive maritime security cooperation.

India through the Act East policy is also increasing maritime control in Indian Ocean and even seeking engagement in South China Sea. But this needs to be strengthen even more to prevent any dominance from foreign country who doesn’t have the rights towards the area.

A free and open Indo-Pacific has seemed to agree on common strategic maritime problems in Indo-pacific. But at the same time, we need to find the balance of working closely with the Chinese military while maintaining the international maritime order, as China on the other hand has also become a great partner towards maritime trade and investment. And of course to maintain security, the interaction would prevent any armed conflicts.

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-Regarding the non-traditional threats, there are also several solutions from resources that can be proposed such as Conducting capacity building such as joint training, ports visit, information exchange, that will build trust and collective maritime security.

-USA and other Quad countries, counterattacking the chinese growing presence in indian and pacific ocean maritime security and maintaining (SLOC) Sea Lines Of Communication stability