Tamer calls the Indo-Pacific a concept that started to gain ground in international relations as a geopolitical challenge by the U.S. toward China. Criticism The Australian Citizens Party, a minor third party associated with the LaRouche movement, criticises the "Indo-Pacific" vision as a reenactment of Nazi strategy, given the concept's link to Karl Haushofer. Former Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating, in a televised address at the National Press Club, criticised the notion of the "Indo-Pacific" as a construct of the United States in its diplomatic war with China: See also AUKUS Asia-Pacific Austronesian peoples East of Suez Orient Valeriepieris circle Geography of Asia United States Indo-Pacific Command References Further reading excerpt excerpt J. Cannon, Brendon; Rossiter, Ash, eds. (August 2018). Rising Powers Quarterly. 3 (2). special issue on "The "Indo-Pacific" – Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century's New Geopolitical Center of Gravity" 2018 United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific Marine realms Oceans Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean