Bridging Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Security

Francisco Negreira Gomez

NATO’s Strategic Opportunity with the Indo-Pacific Four

Timeframe: 29/06/2022 – 31/12/2028

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) · Alliance Building · Issue I

Key Insights

• RQ: Can NATO and the IP4 build a deeper, structured partnership now that the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security theatres have merged?
• Arg: The political and institutional conditions exist for comprehensive NATO-IP4 integration, offering notable advantages in supply chains, maritime security, intelligence, and deterrence.
• Conc: As confidence in American leadership of NATO erodes, institutionalising direct NATO-IP4 mechanisms is not only favourable buy urgent.

Definition

Minilateral: A small, purpose-built grouping of states cooperating on a specific agenda. It is more flexible than a formal alliance, and more exclusive than multilateral forums.

The IP4 is the only format that directly connects key Indo-Pacific democracies to NATO’s institutional machinery, allowing the alliance to internalise Indo-Pacific dynamics.

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