On 23 March 2026, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies held an Israel Indo-Pacific Roundtable Virtual Workshop. The workshop was a continuation of an inaugural workshop launched on 27–28 March 2024, and provided a venue for participants from Israel and across the Indo-Pacific region to discuss shared interests, identify new areas for cooperation, and strengthen their partnerships.

NESA Center Associate Professor Dr. Michael Sharnoff and Assistant Professor Jeffrey Payne led the workshop, which included 23 scholars and practitioners from Israel and the Indo-Pacific region. The one-day virtual workshop included three panel sessions to address the U.S. perspective on the strategic landscape of the Indo Pacific, the logistical and defense considerations shaping security cooperation, and the complex multi-domain challenges impacting the Indo Pacific region. The conversations during the question-and-answer aimed to understand the challenges and opportunities for Israel and countries in the Indo-Pacific region, identify potential areas of coordination, establish relationships between participating countries, and develop concrete policy recommendations to constructively address the concerns.