The EU in the volatile Indo-Pacific region: Part 1

The Indo-Pacific is the theatre of the great geopolitical competition between the US and China. It is also linked to the European theatre: China supports Russia through trade and the provision of material for the war in Ukraine; North Korea provides troops that take active part in that war; Russia conducts joint naval activities with China in the South China Sea and in the Sea of Japan. In the context of US-China rivalry and of growing Russia-China ties, what role can the EU play in a volatile Indo-Pacific?

The EUVIP project team warmly invites you to the 1st dissemination workshop, organized in collaboration with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) in Helsinki, Finland.

Programme

Welcome words:

Hiski Haukkala, Director, FIIA

Opening remarks:

Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA & Japan Chair, ICDS

Keynote presentation: “The EU in the volatile Indo-Pacific region”

Theresa Fallon, Founder and Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies

Panel discussion: “Regional and subregional perspectives on the volatile Indo-Pacific: EU-ASEAN, the US, Japan, and Taiwan”

Moderator:

Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA & Japan Chair, ICDS 

Speakers:

“The EU, ASEAN, and challenges posed by the new great power rivalry”

Alfred Gerstl, President of CEIAS & Associate Professor, Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic)

“The Trump administration’s offshore-balancing strategy in the Indo-Pacific”

Tanguy Struye de Swielande, Professor of International Relations, UCLouvain & Senior Associate Researcher, Egmont Institute

“The current state of the US–Japan alliance during President Trump’s second term”

Paul O’Shea, Associate Professor, Lund University

“The evolving US’ strategy regarding Russia: Insights for Taiwan”

Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Professor, University of Helsinki

More information: https://fiia.fi/en/tapahtumat/the-eu-in-the-volatile-indo-pacific-region