Böll EU Brief
Europe’s Indo-Pacific security gap: A new dataset on the EU coordination deficit
Böll EU Brief 02/2026
Europe is more present in the Indo-Pacific than most people realise, and far less coordinated than it needs to be. A new dataset of 1,077 cooperation entries, spanning EU institutions and all 27 Member States, reveals that European security engagement in the region has accelerated sharply since 2021. But activity across defence industry, military deployments, and institutional frameworks remains fragmented, duplicated, and largely invisible at EU level. In this Böll EU Brief, Jacob Mardell maps the coordination deficit, and sets out six concrete steps to close it.
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Product details
Date of Publication
May 2026
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue
Number of Pages
6
Licence
Language of publication
English