ABSTRACT
This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry.
The volume explores the contemporary relationship and ongoing dynamics between three of the most powerful players in today’s international relations - the USA, China and Europe. It claims that the intensifying antagonism between Washington and Beijing requires a paradigm shift in European strategic thinking, and takes a trilateral perspective in analysing key issue areas, such as trade, technology, investment, climate change, the BRI, sub-national contacts, maritime security and nuclear non-proliferation. Using this analysis, the work seeks to offer original policy recommendations that respond to a number of dilemmas Europe can no longer avoid, including the trade-off between European interests and values in a harsher global environment, the question of whether Europe should align with one of the two superpowers, Europe’s military dependence on a US pivoting to the Asia-Pacific, and possible trade-offs between global and regional governance efforts. The key finding is that Europe must follow a much more pragmatic and independent approach to its foreign and security affairs.
This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese politics, US politics and IR in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|52 pages
Europe’s agency in the international system
chapter 4|19 pages
The subnational dimension of the European Union’s relations with China
part II|48 pages
Geostrategic issues and Europe’s security
chapter 7|14 pages
Europe and the North Korea conundrum
part III|68 pages
Geo-economic issues and Europe’s welfare
chapter 8|15 pages
Europe’s economic and technological relationship with the United States and China
chapter 9|17 pages
European and American approaches towards Chinese foreign direct investment in post-COVID times
part IV|21 pages
Concluding remarks