(Analysis) The Return of Hard Geopolitics: Towards a New Era of EU-Japan Strategic Cooperation?
With increasing entanglements between Japan and the EU has there been a tipping point in EU-Japan strategic convergence?
With increasing entanglements between Japan and the EU has there been a tipping point in EU-Japan strategic convergence?
Increasing security threats and a lack of coordination between European states proved the need to establish a new platform to discuss strategic issues and maintain high-level dialogue between heads of states. It gave a new impetus to the old ideas of Great Europe that were developed in France, namely by Francois Mitterand. Emmanuel Macron has brought this idea back by proposing a European Political Community, which has faced a lot of criticism already. Even so, it can have some substantial benefits for European politics and contribute to shaping the European security order.