ABSTRACT
There has been much talk in recent years about an emerging EU-China axis that threatens to challenge the United States in a new strategic triangle.2 Indeed, in 2003 the European Commission and China’s State Council both stressed how they want to develop a “strategic partnership” that expands from their strong economic ties to address political and military issues in regional and world affairs. Scholars and think tanks in Europe and China are likewise busy creating a new field of study – EU-China relations – to explore the problems and possibilities of this new strategic relationship.3
