Fall 2021 Issue: Europe Eyes the Indo-Pacific

French Navy Rafale fighter jets are seen from the bridge of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at Changi Naval Base in Singapore, May 28, 2019.

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in Singapore harbor, 2019

IPQ 4/2021

In the fifth issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY we're focusing on Europe's engagement with the Indo-Pacific.

Editorial

Henning Hoff

Europe Eyes the Indo-Pacific

While the focus of world politics is shifting to the Indo-Pacific, the Europeans are caught underprepared.

What Europe Thinks ...

Britta Petersen

What Asia Thinks … About China’s Rise

As it becomes increasingly powerful and assertive, China’s image in Asia has seen a significant decline in recent years.

Cover Section

Pepijn Bergsen

In Search of an Indo-Pacific Role

The EU faces the danger of getting caught between the United States and China.

Jacob Mardell

Global Gateway

To answer the challenge of China’s BRI, the EU needs to form a clearer picture of where the BRI is succeeding.

Garima Mohan

The EU and India: A Key Partnership in the Making

Europe increasingly recognizes India’s geopolitical role in the Indo-Pacific.

Veerle Nouwens

Why Europe’s Enhanced Military Presence in the Indo-Pacific Is an Asset

Better coordination is needed if Europeans are to contribute to the region’s security and defense.

Bertram Lang

Middle-Power Multilateralism Needed

The EU and ASEAN are the only forces that can credibly jump to the rescue of multilateralism and rules-based trade.

Afghanistan Special

Philipp Rotmann

Germany’s Afghan Defeat: Unhappy Not-Quite-Warriors

The German political class needs to ask itself some tough questions about how it navigated the challenging choices in Afghanistan.

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

Germany Cautiously Steps into the Post-Merkel Future

Europe's leading economy may have a new government more quickly than many think.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

France’s New Laissez-faire Approach to Germany

Paris has learned to advance its EU agenda with whatever government emerges in Berlin.

Carbon Critical

Noah J. Gordon

COP26: Goodbye Coal, Hello Oil and Gas

A Chinese announcement made clear that coal power is finished. But there’s a way to go before the same can be said of oil and gas.

The Wider View

Tyson Barker

TTC Lift-off: The Euro-Atlantic Tech Alliance Takes Shape

The first meeting in Pittsburgh of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council underlined the geopolitical importance of a promising endeavor.

Quarterly Concerns

Claudia Major

Nicolai von Ondarza

Afghanistan, AUKUS, and Albion

Forget about the UK’s soul searching about Afghanistan—to the EU’s surprise, AUKUS seems to show that Global Britain can deliver.