Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security are increasingly interlocked. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 heightened awareness that countries like China and North Korea are influencing the course of war in Europe. Likewise, (nuclear) armament in the Indo-Pacific, especially by China and North Korea, affects European states. The outbreak of war in the Indo-Pacific would also have severe consequences for Europe. Consequently, European and Indo-Pacific countries have a strategic interest in peace and stability in both geographical areas and in deepening security and defense relations with each other. Closer cooperation is particularly appropriate in the area of nuclear stability and to promote confidence-building measures – also in view of the uncertain future of US security guarantees.
This hybrid workshop will bring together security experts from Germany, Poland, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. The event aims to identify existing cooperation, gaps, and potential needs and synergies for strengthening conventional and nuclear stability and arms control in the Indo-Pacific by Europe and vice versa.
This workshop is the second of a total of three workshops to be held as part of a research project on security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.