ABSTRACT
Globalisation has made regions and countries increasingly closely linked together. At the beginning of the book Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition, Robert Keohane and Joseph S. Nye mentioned that, ‘We live in an era of interdependence’ (Keohane & Nye 1977). After the Cold War, the world developed rapidly towards increasing interdependence in a post-hegemonic context. Power is diffused, and new international institutions are sought after by different actors in order to find new rules for global governance. As mentioned in Chapter 10, China and the EU pay close attention to science and technology (S&T) innovation and research and development (R&D) with the purpose of stimulating economic growth in the context of complex interdependence. In the current era, in order to achieve economic development, to maintain security and to advance global governance, countries and international organisations need to participate in international cooperation. The development of the EU–China partnership proves how strong this need is.
