Publications: Asia-Pacific

The Legs of the Triangle – The EU-China Relations

Posted on 2007-12-11.

China’s ascendance on the world stage signals a major shift in the global political, economic, and security environment. The ability of the U.S. and EU to deal effectively with the challenges associated with China’s rise have far-reaching consequences both for transatlantic relations and for the effective management of China’s global emergence and the world order. The Bush administration’s China policy appears still contested and the future of Sino-American relations highly uncertain. China has not already become the world’s 4th economy and 3rd exporter, but also an increasingly important political power (total external trade now more than three times the combined trade of India and Brazil). In this context, it is not surprising that competition and rivalries within the strategic triangle are growing. While ambivalence has always characterized the complex U.S.-China relations, increasing frictions in a number of political and economic fields is rather a new development within the EU-China relations during the last 12-18 months.

NFC 2006: Security in a Globalized World

Posted on 2007-10-23.

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The end of the Cold War brought with it the end of the traditional, bipolar geo-strategic model of explaining world affairs. “Feindbilder,” which used to be defined in geographical terms (“East” vs “West”), have been replaced by security threats perceived to be truly global and functional in nature, yet regional in origin: Terrorism and proliferation, migration, organized crime and corruption or, at the root level, the lack of democracy and good governance in certain parts of this world. The realization that in today’s globalized and interlinked world regional conflicts can have global fallout has increased the need for policy analysts to better understand the highly complex nature of different regional security dynamics. For policy makers, the question is how to address regional security issues efficiently and effectively.

NFC 2005: Security Challenges in Times of Change

Posted on 2007-10-22.

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One of the most striking features of the political developments during the 1990s was the re-emergence of regional conflicts that seemed to be very forgotten during the Cold War. Indeed, something of regional identities were also created and reinforced in many parts of the world, making room for both promising developments (like the European Union) and more worrying tendencies. For many observers this development called for a deeper understanding of cultural and historical patterns, as well as a more hands-on need of knowledge of current regional dynamics. The importance of the MENA region, Central and Eastern Asia, and the former Soviet republics Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, made it necessary for a broader access traditionally reserved for area experts.

Opportunities and Limits of EU-China Security Cooperation

Posted on 2007-07-02.

In its European Security Strategy, the European Union defined the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a strategic partner and envisaged comprehensive cooperation with it, including in the security sector. China and the EU often use the same terms, but the connotation of these terms differs due to fundamentally different security concerns. This article critically assesses the possibilities, prospects and difficulties from a European point of view of pursuing Sino-European cooperation in security matters. It concludes that given basic differences in perception, cooperation is likely to be successful in such fields as environmental disasters and pandemics, but will remain limited in such areas as non-proliferation, the fight against terrorism and energy security.

A Compact between China and the European Union

Posted on 2006-09-08.

Both the European Union and China are committed to giving the Sino-European relationship a genuinely strategic dimension. Since they announced this objective in 2004, there has been a blossoming of ‘strategic dialogues’, both bilateral and multilateral. These have ensured that broader strategic and geo-political issues are now on the agenda when China talks to the EU and to the leading member-states.

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