Priorities for EU Diplomacy in East Asia by David O’Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service
12 February 2013 GRIPS Forum, Tokyo
Let me begin by thanking Professor Narushige Michishita for his introduction and the Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) for giving me this opportunity to speak about the priorities for EU diplomacy in East Asia.
1. The new geostrategic context
Before I get into that, I would like to begin by setting out the wider context: how we see trends in and around the region and how these affect our policy options and choices. Continue reading