Gunnar Wiegand on the EU's Indo-Pacific Strategy, AUKUS, and Taiwan
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English - October 13, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNews china europe economy politics society digital investment geopolitics security chinese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Over the course of the past weeks, the EU’s agenda was filled with Indo-Pacific related developments ranging from the successful release of the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy to shock linked to the cancellation of the French military sale to Australia and the announcement of the AUKUS alliance.
In this episode, we talk with Mr. Gunnar Wiegand, the Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, an institute at the forefront of the EU’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific region and China.
The conversation touches on a range of strategic issues related to the EU’s ambitions and capabilities in the region, EU-China relations in the Indo-Pacific, EU-Taiwan ties and transatlantic cooperation.
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