The European Union as a Security Actor in the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions and Responses from the Region

This edited volume provides state perspectives on Europe’s security engagement in the Indo-Pacific from four different sub-regions and twelve different countries in the Indo-Pacific, namely – East Asia (Japan, China and South Korea); Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore); Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and Fiji) and lastly South Asia (India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives). By engaging with diverse countries, the framing in the book also allows for the inclusion of established and emerging regional groupings, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad).

Yogesh Joshi is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Singapore. He is also a non-resident Global Policy Fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington DC.

Ippeita Nishida is a Senior Fellow of the Security Studies Program at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF). In this position, he conducts research on Japan’s foreign engagement policies and tools, in particular, foreign aid and security cooperation (defence diplomacy).

Devyani Chaturvedi is a Research Analyst at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. She graduated with a Master’s in International Affairs from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS), specialising in International Economics and Development.