Indo-Pacific is a relatively new term that has entered into use quite recently. The area it corresponds to is very large. It is interesting that this term, almost all of a sudden, appeared in front of us in the discourse of international politics. As the speeches in this booklet ask and try to answer, there are two questions related with this term: 1) What does this term mean and why do we need it? 2) Where do these terms come from anyway? None of the answers are straightforward. As for the first question, Indo-Pacific both reflects a reality and a policy, at least a very beginning of one. It is well known now that the dynamism of global economy shifts to the East Asia. Yet, it neither stops there, nor “East” is only China. Even before the phenomenal rise of China, the dynamism and technological leadership had already visited Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, some of these countries growing stronger than China or vastly advanced economies. On the other hand, dynamism seem to be spreading to other parts of these oceans, such as the massive Indian Subcontinent, Africa, Middle East and even Latin America. Many of the speeches here are addressing this question.