The EU and European Countries’ Indo-Pacific Strategies: Security and Nuclear Factor
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2022-24-3-398-404
Abstract
The Indo-Pacific region concept, having a significant place in the U.S. as well as their Asia-Pacific allies’ official discourse in the latest decades, is also penetrating the diplomatic terminology of both the EU and separate European nations. This paper features a review of how the Indo-Pacific strategies are designed as exemplified by the corresponding documents adopted by the said international organisation and some of its member states (including the former ones, such as the UK), particularly in the security realm and nuclear non-proliferation, given the importance of these factors for strategic stability in the global and regional dimensions. In terms of methodology, the article employs some elements of discourse analysis, content analysis, comparative political studies, and prognostic methods; the sources are represented by the EU and European countries’ official documents, as well as speeches made by politicians. Thanks to analysing the states’ strategies, main trends, which are also reflected in the common EU strategy, are singled out. The author draws a conclusion that the deterioration of the Ukrainian crisis will limit the opportunities for further development of the interregional ties between Europe and Asia.
About the Author
G. V. Toropchin
Novosibirsk State Technical Universit; Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management; Russian MFA’s Diplomatic Academy
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Gleb V. Toropchin
Novosibirsk; Moscow
Competing Interests:
The author declared no potential conflicts of interests regarding the research, authorship, and / or publication of this article.
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Toropchin G.V. The EU and European Countries’ Indo-Pacific Strategies: Security and Nuclear Factor. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2022;24(3):398-404. https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2022-24-3-398-404
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