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The EU as a Maritime Security Provider? Prospects for Cooperation with Japan and South Korea

As the centre of global geopolitical and economic competition shifts towards Asia, the EU’s economic interests in the Indo-Pacific bring maritime security issues in the region ever closer to home. However, if the EU cares to be recognized as a global maritime security actor, and protect its interests abroad, it will need to take concrete steps to strengthen maritime security cooperation with its Asian partners.

New date: EIAS-UEA Panel Discussion “Changing Dynamics in the East China Sea: Pacific puddle or simmering storm?” – 7.09.2022

Will the combination of the health crisis, conventional warfare and cyber aggression confirm a renewed focus upon state-centric realpolitik approaches to security in the East China Sea, or will it spur new conceptions and definitions of security that can be shared by like-minded states and other actors?

Japan’s Foreign Policy Under PM Kishida: The Same as Before, Yet Different?

Assessing Japan’s October 2021 general elections from a Foreign Policy Persepctive and how it will affect EU-Japan Relations

Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell? The EU’s Global Gateway and Expanding Economic Statecraft

On 1 December 2021, the EU launched its brand new infrastructural development scheme – “The Global Gateway”. By pledging to mobilise up to 300 billion EUR in investments by 2027, the EU is adding significant firepower to its toolkit of economic statecraft.

Japanese Politics After Suga: Who is Fumio Kishida?

Who is Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party succeeding Yoshihide Suga after his stepping down as Prime Minister? Standing for the 31 October 2021 general elections we look ahead and assess who he is and what he represents within the party and for the country.

The Quad Leaders’ Summit: Where Does the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy Fit?

As the EU is asserting itself as an Indo-Pacific player by working with existing multilateral groupings, it maintains a degree of strategic ambiguity, especially regarding China. While this ambiguous stance may limit cooperation with the Quad on traditional security issues, the Quad and the EU hold the potential to jointly deliver on several, cross-domain transnational issues.

The EU as a Maritime Security Provider? Prospects for Cooperation with Japan and South Korea

New date: EIAS-UEA Panel Discussion “Changing Dynamics in the East China Sea: Pacific puddle or simmering storm?” – 7.09.2022

Japan’s Foreign Policy Under PM Kishida: The Same as Before, Yet Different?

Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell? The EU’s Global Gateway and Expanding Economic Statecraft

Japanese Politics After Suga: Who is Fumio Kishida?

The Quad Leaders’ Summit: Where Does the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy Fit?

Event Report available for the Conference on The Changing Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Dynamics in East Asia

EU-South Korea FTA: A Ten-Year Perspective

The Quad Spirit: Shifting Power Politics in the Indo-Pacific?