Avoiding pitfalls in the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy

Avoiding pitfalls in the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy 10 June 2021 Author: Shada Islam, College of Europe Implementing Europe's strategy for a stronger 'strategic focus, presence and action' in the Indo-Pacific will be difficult. EU policymakers face the herculean task of identifying core areas where the bloc can make a difference in the region while avoiding those where EU engagement would do more harm than good. Germany, France and the Netherlands already have their own national Indo-Pacific strategies. As does the United Kingdom, now outside the European Union. Policymakers in Brussels hope that a collective EU strategy can augment national ones,…