Polis Paper N° 26 – War and Peace Across the Taiwan Strait. European Perspectives on Possible Geopolitical Escalation in the Indo-Pacific.

An armed conflict between China and Taiwan seems increasingly likely, a scenario also examined in the Polis180 Fall Academy 2025 “War and Peace across the Taiwan Strait.” This development would have significant implications for the EU, which remains largely unprepared, and the paper emphasizes the need for the EU and its member states to bolster security, economic resilience, and strategic foresight while managing tensions across the Taiwan Strait and upholding core EU values.