150186 20251017144632.0 doi 10.18543/CED-03-2022PP29-49 sideral 128162 ART-2022-128162 eng López-Aranguren, J. L. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4720-863X The EU''s strategic projection in the Indo-Pacific 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The Indo-Pacific is becoming the new geopolitical axis of the planet for multiple reasons, among which three stand out: security (with six nuclear powers in the area, some of them amidst clearly growing tensions), demography (with 64 percent of the world population) and economy (with 62 percent of world GDP). Since its founding, the European Union has been absent in the development of a strategy for the region, an absence that has recently ended with the publication of national strategies of three member states (France, Germany, and the Netherlands), as well such as the EU announcement of a future EU strategy for the region. This paradigm shift may mark the beginning not only of greater European cohesion in terms of strategic projection, but also of greater European geopolitical assertiveness in a post-COVID-19 world in the Indo-Pacific and other regions. This article will trace the birth and evolution of the Indo-Pacific concept, will identify the reasons for its geostrategic importance for the European Union, and will analyze both the three national strategies of France, Germany, and the Netherlands as well as the announced EU strategy for the region. © Universidad de Deusto info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.219 2022 History 2022 Q1 Law 2022 Q2 Cultural Studies 2022 Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) 2022 Q3 Political Science and International Relations 2022 Q3 0.4 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 4005 160 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Derecho Público Área Dcho.Intern.Púb.Relac.In. 3 (2022), 29-49 Cuad. eur. Deusto Cuadernos europeos de Deusto 1130-8354 391517 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150186/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1421221 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150186/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:150186 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:27:04 ARTICLE