@article{Rieck2022,
  author    = {Rieck, Christian E.},
  title     = {Strange New Worlds},
  series = {European Strategic Approaches to the Indo-Pacific},
  volume    = {2021},
  journal   = {European Strategic Approaches to the Indo-Pacific},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung},
  address   = {Singapore},
  issn      = {0119-5204},
  pages     = {39 -- 53},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The Indo-Pacific is fast becoming the main arena for great power competition. After explaining the regional power hierarchy, the paper describes how the EU defines like-mindedness as an explicit partnership category in the Indo-Pacific and which of the countries qualify. Finally, the paper also examines the structural problems the EU faces when projecting power into a faraway region such as this one. The paper argues that for China's rise to remain peaceful and in the absence of fully regional security arrangements, other Asian actors are increasingly looking for new regional structures that combine elements of cooperation, competition and containment vis-{\`a}-vis China - including a more pronounced EU role in the region.},
  language  = {en}
}