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

This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry. It takes a trilateral perspective to analyze key issue areas and offers policy recommendations for Europe to respond to dilemmas such as trade-offs between European interests and values,military dependence on the US,and trade-offs between global and regional governance efforts. The key finding is that Europe must adopt a more pragmatic and independent approach to its foreign and security affairs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 19 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book investigates the evolving dynamics between Europe, China, and the United States in the context of growing Chinese-American rivalry. It explores the contemporary relationship and ongoing challenges between these three powerful actors in today's international relations. The author argues that the intensifying antagonism between Washington and Beijing necessitates a paradigm shift in European strategic thinking, taking a trilateral perspective to analyze key issue areas such as trade, technology, investment, climate change, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sub-national contacts, maritime security, and nuclear non-proliferation.

Using this comprehensive analysis, the book offers original policy recommendations to address a range of dilemmas that Europe faces, including the trade-off between its interests and values in a harsher global environment, the question of whether it should align with one of the two superpowers, its military dependence on a US pivot to the Asia-Pacific, and potential trade-offs between global and regional governance efforts.

The key finding of the book is that Europe must adopt a more pragmatic and independent approach to its foreign and security affairs. This study will be of immense interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese politics, US politics, and International Relations (IR) in general.

Weight: 492g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367441203