Jakarta, January 29, 2026 — Indo-Pacific Strategic Intelligence (ISI) convened a webinar titled “Spheres of Influence and Strategic Retrenchment: How Trump Reshapes Great Power Competition and Its Implications for the Indo-Pacific,” bringing together scholars and practitioners to assess evolving U.S. strategy and its regional implications.

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