Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition

<p>This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry.</p><p>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.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy foreign policy Chinese politics US politics and IR in general.</p>