With the launch of the new report 'A Road Map to Strategic Relevance: EU Security Policy Options in Southeast Asia', author Sarah Raine considers what the EU – and to some extent ASEAN – could be doing to encourage the development of the EU’s regional security interests in Southeast Asia. What new ideas could EU member states be doing in, for example, the South China Sea? And, on the other hand, what could ASEAN partners do to sustain the EU’s attention to the region?
