European countries continued to have their hands full dealing with coronavirus infections in 2021 like in 2020. As the competition for supremacy between the United States and China continued to intensify, the EU's and European countries' perceptions of China changed significantly. Against this backdrop, European countries' interest in the Indo- Pacific region has been growing and this is reflected in their policies and activities. After leaving the EU, the UK deepened its involvement in the Indo-Pacific region while experiencing difficulties in its relations with the EU. With the transition of the United States to a new administration, cooperation through NATO, which had been neglected during the Trump years, was once again promoted, but the lack of coordination at the time of US forces withdrawal from Afghanistan sparked criticism of the United States.