If China is not really interested in cooperation, or only interested in cooperating on Chinese terms, then how do we think we can be different in policy and not just in tone from the U.S.?
Janke Oertel argues that EU troubles stem in part from a lack of clarity about its own objectives regarding China, making it reactive to US initiatives
The Europeans must do much more to keep their own backyard secure. This is true with regard to Russia, with regard to the South – and for all this we need Britain.
t’s much less damaging to day-to-day interests. You don’t have the same volume of practical things to manage on a daily basis.
Mark Leonard thinks that the French government purporting to “snub” Britain might merely be spin
It is another wake-up call for Europeans that at the very moment when they are presenting their own Indo-Pacific strategy, something happens we have no agency in
Janka Oertel on the new security partnership AUKUS between Canberra, Washington and London
However, due to the higher cruising speed, nuclear submarines are still unbeaten in terms of loitering in remote operational areas
[The European] strategy in the Indo-Pacific region has suffered a severe “loss of credibility” as a result
By cancelling the submarine deal, Europeans have been blindsided
The EuropeanUnion needs to take its own agency seriously, be visible and find a message to partners in the Indo-Pacific argues Janka Oertel in the new FESAsiaVlog
NATO may seek closer cooperation with partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea. It should also think hard about how it can contribute to protecting democracy in Taiwan,
France, Germany and the UK recently sent warships to the Indo-Pacific region, which shows that Europe has a ‘stake in a free and open Indo-Pacific’, says Rafael Loss
