UK Should Pivot to Pacific and Help Counter China: Report

British Royal Navy guided missile destroyer HMS Exeter (L) passes a Chinese naval vessel off the eastern port city of Qingdao, China, on June 20, 2004. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The UK should pivot towards the Indo-Pacific region, lending its economic and military weight to countering China’s growing influence, recommends a new report.

Written for the think tank Policy Exchange, the report underscores the growing economic and geostrategic importance of the region through which the majority of the world’s shipping passes.