Despite US Disapproval, Europe Eyes a Greater Role in the Indo-Pacific
“When French President Emmanuel Macron delivered the keynote address at the three-day Shangri La Dialogue hosted by the London-based International Institute of Security Studies (IISS) in Singapore, he used the opportunity to call for closer ties between European and Asian countries. He called for an alliance against ‘spheres of coercion’ – a veiled reference to China and Russia – and greater cooperation against ‘revisionist countries’ that wanted control from ‘the fringes of Europe to the archipelagos in the South China Sea.’ ”
“Macron also sought to warn Asian countries of complacency given the ongoing war in Ukraine. He asked: ‘If we consider that Russia could be allowed to take a part of the territory of Ukraine without any restriction, without any constraint, without any reaction of the global order, how would you phrase what could happen in Taiwan? What would you do the day something happens in the Philippines?’ ”