The New Indo-Pacific Bid

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Expert's Opinion on ‘The New Indo-Pacific Bid’ has been published at the ISPI, Italy on 23 February 2022.

Dr Panda argues that Asia and Europe are inherently tethered by their common security interests, like global health, climate change, biodiversity and the protection of oceans, and great power rivalry. By excluding China and the US, the Indo-Pacific Forum, France is looking to initiate a substantive and progressive dialogue with Asia and the Indo-Pacific that is far removed from any great power dynamics but focused on concrete action that establish the EU (and especially France) as a credible partner for Asia in times to come.

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