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Getting Real About the Indo-Pacific: Redefining European Approach to Maritime Security

The EU has failed to recognize the strategic dimension of its own interventions in the Indo-Pacific and therefore to frame a proper strategy that would consider the interplay of economic interests, resources access and power competitions in the maritime domain.

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By Frederic Grare and Mélissa Levaillant
Published on Mar 9, 2022

European Council on Foreign Relations

About the Authors

Frederic Grare

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, South Asia Program

Frédéric Grare was a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on Indo-Pacific dynamics, the search for a security architecture, and South Asia Security issues.

Mélissa Levaillant

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Frederic Grare
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, South Asia Program
Frederic Grare
Mélissa Levaillant
SecurityForeign PolicySouth AsiaWestern Europe

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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