https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413147 How do European naval deployments in the Indo-Pacific serve elite geopolitical goals rather than pure “freedom of navigation”? European naval deployments in the Indo-Pacific, while often framed publicly under the broad, normative umbrella of safeguarding "freedom of navigation" (FON) and upholding the "rules-based international order," serve a range of more complex and specific elite geopolitical goals. These deployments are not merely benign acts of maritime policing but rather strategic