ABSTRACT
explores the continuity of the trust between the EU and China when it comes to security risk management in Africa, by asking whether there exists any place for the institutionalisation of cognitive-based political trust in this context. To answer this question, this chapter looks into more recent examples of bilateral interaction on the Libyan revolution and insurgency/counterinsurgency in Mali. What is uncovered here is that there is still some way to go before discussions on the existence of any form of institutionalisation of bilateral political trust can be given any credence.
