Climate change challengeĪ BIG priority will be our linkages on global challenges. We want to build links, not dependencies, and that is why we favor a sustainable and rules-based approach to connectivity. The EU is and remains a connectivity superpower in terms of setting standards that are globally relevant and in terms of mobilizing finance. What do we have in mind? Concretely, we have identified several priority areas where we seek to deepen cooperation in practical terms. To that end, we want to enhance cooperation with all Indo-Pacific partners who share our goals. As the EU, we have a vital interest that the regional order remains open and rules-based.
We can observe the consequences around the world, but most sharply in this region. Why is the EU adopting a new Indo-Pacific strategy now? Amid the latter’s economic dynamism, we see that the regional order is increasingly challenged, due to growing geopolitical competition. Its central message is that the EU is ready to step up its engagement in and with the region, working on issues where we have long cooperated, such as trade and investment, while also expanding this to areas where there is scope to do more for example: collaborating on shared global challenges like climate action and the digital transition, or on common security challenges like cyber and maritime security. That is why we published our own Indo-Pacific strategy in September. Recently the decision by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to deepen their security and defense ties (the so-called “AUKUS” group) has certainly triggered a lot of debate on the underlying dynamics in the region, and how partners can best respond.Īs the European Union, we have a big stake in the future of the region and, we believe, a big contribution to make as well.
THE world’s center of gravity is moving toward the Indo-Pacific region, in geoeconomic and geopolitical terms.
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