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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 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. This book will be of much
interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese
politics, US politics and IR in general.
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 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. This book will be of much
interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese
politics, US politics and IR in general.
China's Hydro-politics in the Mekong explores the intricate
processes of conflict and cooperation over the use of water
resources in the Mekong river basin between upstream China and the
downstream countries of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The
book tackles two gaps in the empirical literature: first, the
neglect of international hydro-politics as one specific and
increasingly important issue area of China's foreign policy
behavior, especially its neighborhood diplomacy; and second, the
disregard of China's role in Mekong River politics. In particular,
this book scrutinizes the 'spring 2010 Mekong crisis' and the
events surrounding it which led to a series of complex multi-level,
security-related interactions among various state and non-state
actors in the region, with China at the center. Analyzing this
crisis, the book not only employs securitization theory as its
theoretical framework and adds a couple of innovations to this
theory, but also gives a detailed account of China's
hydro-political behavior in one specific and particularly revealing
case study. Moreover, the book embeds China's Mekong hydro-politics
in the bigger picture of its (sub-)regional international affairs,
as the former does not take place in a vacuum, but rather is a part
of China's overall foreign relations with its neighbors. The book
acknowledges this link and provides new insights into the role of
hydro-politics and its relationship vis-a-vis other issue areas of
China's foreign policy.
China's Hydro-politics in the Mekong explores the intricate
processes of conflict and cooperation over the use of water
resources in the Mekong river basin between upstream China and the
downstream countries of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The
book tackles two gaps in the empirical literature: first, the
neglect of international hydro-politics as one specific and
increasingly important issue area of China's foreign policy
behavior, especially its neighborhood diplomacy; and second, the
disregard of China's role in Mekong River politics. In particular,
this book scrutinizes the 'spring 2010 Mekong crisis' and the
events surrounding it which led to a series of complex multi-level,
security-related interactions among various state and non-state
actors in the region, with China at the center. Analyzing this
crisis, the book not only employs securitization theory as its
theoretical framework and adds a couple of innovations to this
theory, but also gives a detailed account of China's
hydro-political behavior in one specific and particularly revealing
case study. Moreover, the book embeds China's Mekong hydro-politics
in the bigger picture of its (sub-)regional international affairs,
as the former does not take place in a vacuum, but rather is a part
of China's overall foreign relations with its neighbors. The book
acknowledges this link and provides new insights into the role of
hydro-politics and its relationship vis-a-vis other issue areas of
China's foreign policy.
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