The primary aim of this volume, titled, Waiting Games: The Politics of Patience in Indo-Pacific Strategy, has been to break out from the mainstream preoccupation with geopolitical contestations defining Sino-Indian relations in order to examine their interactions from a holistic perspective to gauge their future trajectories in the making and their impact on regional and future orders. In the Indo-Pacific theatre, patience becomes a strategic instrument, signalling commitment while preserving leverage as allies test timelines and rivals recalibrate red lines.