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Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition: Coping with an Unstable Triangle book cover

1st Edition

Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition Coping with an Unstable Triangle

Edited By Sebastian Biba, Reinhard Wolf Copyright 2021
226 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Introduction Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf

Part I: Europe’s Agency in the International System

2. A new US-China bipolar system: What role for Europe in security and defence? Øystein Tunsjø

3. Europe in between US-Chinese strategic competition: the role of a middle power Liselotte Odgaard

4. The sub-national dimension of the European Union’s relations with China: A Solution for Tough Times? Tomasz Kamiński and Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska

Part II: Geostrategic Issues and Europe’s Security

5. The EU’s Asia security policy in the Trump era: challenges and opportunities Emil Kirchner

6. Europe and the South China Sea: Challenges, constraints, and options Michael Paul

7. Europe and the North Korea conundrum: Navigating the China‒South Korea‒United States triangle Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Part III: Geo-economic Issues and Europe’s Welfare

8. Europe’s economic and technological relationship with the United States and China: A difficult balancing act Margot Schüller

9. European and American approaches towards Chinese foreign direct investment in post-COVID times: Opportunities, challenges and policy responses Philippe Le Corre

10. Europe and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI): Infrastructure and Connectivity Claude Zanardi

11. EU-China cooperation amidst fragmented climate leadership Mario Esteban and Lara Lázaro

Part IV: Concluding Remarks

12. Sustaining the European project in an age of Sino-American confrontation: An end to complacency Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf

Biography

Sebastian Biba is a lecturer and research fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and a visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Reinhard Wolf is a Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

"Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition is a timely and welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the new cold war between China and the United States. The editors have brought together an impressive, all- European set of voices to analyse Europe’s difficult choices in a world of escalating superpower tensions." - David C. Unger
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