Content Type: Commentary and Analysis / Political Geography: European Union / Publication Year: within 10 Years / Topic: International Relations

Author:: Nicola Casarini
Publication Date:: 12-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: Should the EU enforce a containment policy towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC – or simply China), joining efforts undertaken by US President Donald Trump, who has unleashed a trade and technological war against Beijing with the aim of permanently subordinating the Asian giant to the West? Or should the EU continue its engagement policy towards Beijing – and even seek to maximise Sino-European ties to put limits on those US unilateral policies that are detrimental to Europe’s interests and fundamental values? What would be the best policy mix of engagement and containment for EU–China relations? And to what extent should the EU align its China policy with that of the US?
Topic:: International Relations, Politics, and Institutions
Political Geography:: China, Europe, Asia, United States of America, and European Union

Author:: Sven Biscop
Publication Date:: 01-2016
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Elcano Royal Institute
Abstract:: If it cannot offer more than building up resilience, the EU risks locking itself out of its own neighbourhood. While external and regional powers are engaged in fierce geopolitical competition in Europe’s neighbourhood, the EU itself wants to focus on building up the resilience of its neighbours. Not only is it far from clear who is to be made resilient against what where there is no more or less benign government but, where countries are only just coming out of war, their first priority is national survival and their demand is for security guarantees. Would sovereignty and equality not be a better Leitmotiv for EU strategy in the neighbourhood?
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Sovereignty
Political Geography:: European Union

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