Europe and the Indo-Pacific

LSE IDEAS and the Club of Three, the Franco-German-British leadership network, held a series of four discussions during 2021 on the strategies of European powers for the Indo-Pacific. The four-part conversation – involving leading commentators from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the US, Japan, Australia, India and China – is summarised in this report. It reflects a broad spectrum of views on how Europe should contribute to security in the Indo-Pacific, and thereby lend support to US strategic objectives in the competition with China. These views ranged from seeking to support the US by extending the concept of strategic autonomy in Europe, to a desire to avoid having to make a choice between China and the US.