♦️The term Asia Pacific encompasses Oceania, North -East -Asia and South-East -Asia.
♦️Asia-Pacific is not a security term but an economic concept used to describe the emerging market economies of South-East and East-Asia.
♦️On the other hand, Indo -Pacific is an evolving concept capturing the region from East-Africa to Western Pacific and is strategic-cum-economic conception with special focus on sea lanes of communication.**