US–China Foreign Relations Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia

1. The new US–China superpower rivalry: Challenges for Asia and Europe

Part I: Structure, order, and US–China relations

2. The Present as Prologue: The Gloomy Outlook for US–China Relations

3. The Liberal International Order: A Chinese Perspective

4. China and the United States in a new bipolar system

5. The changing East Asian balance of power and the regional security order

6. US–China relations in the era of Xi and Trump: Implications for Europe

7. Erosion of the American Peace: Europe’s Strategic Dilemma in a World of Great Power Conflict

8. China’s BRI: Implications for Europe

9. Europe and Asia (and China) in US grand strategy

10. China–US Rivalry in the Recent Past, Present, and Future: Implications for China’s Grand Strategy in A New Era

11. Europe’s role in Asia: European strategies for an Asia-centered world and US–China rivalry

12. Sino–Russian relations in an era of Sino–US rivalry: From Partnership to Alliance?

13. Regional Security flashpoints: New developments in China’s crisis management

14. US–China Maritime Security flashpoints in a New Era

15. An uncertain future: Conventional arms competition in Asia and their effect on Europe

16. Conclusion: The United States, China, and Europe in an Age of Uncertainty

Biography

Robert S. Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College, and Associate and Executive Committee member at John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge USA.

Øystein Tunsjø is Professor and Head of Asia Program at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies at the Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo.

Wang Dong is Associate Professor in the School of International Studies; Executive Director of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding; and Deputy Director of Office for Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University, China.

"Distinguished authors from the United States, China, and Europe address the implications of China's growing power not only for great power politics in East Asia but also for European security and economic affairs. The volume is especially important for its analyses of China’s growing economic presence in Europe, for the effects of America’s response to China's challenge to America's Asian interests on the U.S. contribution to NATO and to European security, and for European interests regarding Russia's actions in the Middle East."—Robert J. Art, Brandeis University, USA

"Tapping deep wisdom of veteran specialists from the United States, China and Europe and brilliance of newly minted experts from Europe and the United States, this volume explains well how acute US–China rivalry and weakened European unity foreshadow waning globalization and decline of the liberal international order and institutions that will be difficult to rebuild."—Robert Sutter, George Washington University, USA

"Emerging from the activities of the sharp and careful editing pen of the three musketeers Wang, Øystein and Ross the chapters are eloquently producing a novel and original take on World Politics of the last decade seen from an American, European, and Chinese perspective, all positioned in a coherent global perspective. A rich and brisk analytical wind is blowing through the pages. A must read for students of how a new world of uncertainty, of new balances and a rising Asia is occurring."—Bertel Heurlin, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

"While China and the United States appear to be two rivaling poles in the world, which pole the pendulum of Europe swings toward will decide, in a large measure, the contour of global economic and political order. This volume provides multilayered analyses of the China-U.S.-Europe interaction and is a must read in this field."—Wang Jisi, Peking University, China