Germany and the Indo-Pacific in an age of superpower competition

IF 2.3 2区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE International Political Science Review Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.1177/01925121231190094
Rafał Ulatowski
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The world is multipolar once again and superpower competition is back, concentrated this time in the Indo-Pacific region. In 2020, Germany published its Indo-Pacific ‘guidelines’, which lead to three questions: why does Germany engage in the region? How does Germany shape its Indo-Pacific policy? What is the importance of Germany’s engagement in the region, for Germany itself and for regional powers? By exploring economic, security and normative elements, this articles advances three arguments. Firstly, Germany’s engagement in the region is due to the ever-growing strategic and economic importance of the Indo-Pacific. Secondly, Germany attempts to build constructive relations with all the region’s powers, China included, but increasingly prioritizes democracies which share the same values as Germany. Thirdly, because the area of superpower competition has shifted from Europe to the ‘distant’ (from Germany’s perspective) Indo-Pacific, Germany can follow a restrained foreign policy and focus on its economic interests.
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在超级大国竞争的时代,德国和印度太平洋
世界再次走向多极,超级大国的竞争又回来了,这次主要集中在印太地区。2020年,德国发布了印太“指导方针”,这引出了三个问题:德国为什么参与该地区?德国如何塑造其印太政策?对德国自身和地区大国来说,德国参与该地区事务的重要性是什么?本文通过对经济、安全和规范因素的探讨,提出了三个论点。首先,德国在该地区的参与是由于印度-太平洋地区日益增长的战略和经济重要性。其次,德国试图与包括中国在内的所有地区大国建立建设性关系,但越来越多地优先考虑与德国拥有相同价值观的民主国家。第三,由于超级大国竞争的区域已经从欧洲转移到“遥远的”(从德国的角度来看)印度太平洋,德国可以遵循克制的外交政策,专注于其经济利益。
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