Gunnar Wiegand on the EU's Indo-Pacific Strategy, AUKUS, and Taiwan

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.

This episode is the first in a three-part series on the EU, China and the Indo-Pacific. Listen to our interview with MERICS Senior Analyst Helena Legarda and the final episode with Mathieu Duchâtel, Director of the Asia Program at Institut Montaigne.