The Future of the EU’s Security Engagement in the Indo-Pacific: Business-as-Usual, Retreat or Flexible Adaptation?

Since 2018, the EU and some of its member states have manifested an unprecedented willingness to play a security role in the Indo-Pacific. Yet, Russia’s war against Ukraine and the US’s incipient security disengagement from Europe now compel them to focus primarily on the eastern flank. How, then, can EU actors deal with the Indo-Pacific from now on? Can they maintain the present strategic approach? Is their retreat from the Indo-Pacific a possibility? Or should they revise their regional involvement in a flexible manner? Fabio Figiaconi charts the possible futures of European security engagement in the Indo-Pacific.