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Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement - China and the European Union in Africa (Paperback)
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Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement - China and the European Union in Africa (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
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The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral
political differences still remain too large to bridge, so that
they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible
results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the field of
international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction
on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval
officers jointly brought down the number of successful Somali
pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and to a lesser extent were
jointly involved in seeking a resolution to the lingering conflict
in Darfur. This book asks how we can make sense as a whole of this
relatively sudden shift in regards to the dealings between their
respective officials on the topic of security risk management. It
argues that the outcomes of Sino-European bilateral dealings on
this topic are above all determined by the ability/inability of
these officials to build political trust as a complex and cognitive
social phenomenon. Consequently, the book applies an innovative
conceptual framework on political trust to explain why EU and
Chinese officials bridged their 'endemic' political differences to
practically cooperate on Somali piracy but were unable to do so
when it came to their interaction on Darfur. To conclude, it
examines the longer term impact of this bilateral trust-building
process by covering more recent examples of bilateral engagement in
Libya and Mali and aims to show that although this trust-building
process may be case specific, ramifications may go beyond the realm
of their bilateral dealings on security matters in Africa, to
impact wider issues of international security. This text will be of
key interest to scholars and students of African and Chinese
politics, EU politics, security and maritime studies, and more
broadly of international relations and to governmental actors.
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