Minilateralism for Multilateralism: What Role for the EU in the Instrumentalization of the Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership

The era of “permacrisis” gives rise to minilateral arrangements increasingly at the expense embedded multilateralism in regional governance. area Indo-Pacific has become bedrock security cooperation. 2022 Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC) between Japan and Australia compliments hub-and-spokes system poses an opportunity for European Union advance its own strategic compass address economic issues transformative dynamic ways. Minilateralism opportunities challenges. paper presents policy recommendations EU so as instrumentalize JDSC concludes that despite merits informal non-binding arrangements, minilateralism should be used overcome stalemates rather than replacing inclusive, legally binding, formal agreements aim order-building architecture which advances role international institutions.