Europe in an Era of US-China Strategic Rivalry

Challenges and Opportunities from an Outside-in Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-48119-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Global Power Shift

This volume examines some of the major challenges and opportunities for Europe in the light of the intensifying US-China global strategic rivalry. In doing so, the book investigates European roles and behavior in the contemporary US-China-Europe triangular relationship.

While the book's focus is on Europe, the contributors originate from, or are based in, the US and China, thus presenting a unique outside-in perspective to the analysis of European conduct in the areas of security, geo-politics, geo-economics, global governance, development, and climate change. Each area is investigated by one American and one Chinese scholar, respectively, presenting the different views held on Europe’s behavior and positioning in the US and China. In addition to providing critical assessments of Europe’s roles and performance as seen through the prism of their respective country, contributors also pose concrete policy recommendations for Europe.

The book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science and international relations, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of Europe's role in the US-China rivalry and its relationship to the two countries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biba, Sebastian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Russia and the Ukraine War.- Chapter 2. The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on the U.S. Perspective of Europe.- Chapter 3. Russia and the War in Ukraine – the Chinese Perspective on Europe’s Role.- Part II: Security and Geo-politics in the Asia-/Indo-Pacific.- Chapter 4. Europe’s Contribution to the Asian Balance of Power: Player or Observer?.- Chapter 5. US-China Strategic Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific Region: The Security Dimension and the EU’s Role.- Part III: Geo-economics.- Chapter 6. Europe and the US’s Global Economic Rivalry with China: The Problem is Less the Ends than the Means.- Chapter 7. Geo-economic considerations – the Chinese perspective on Europe.- Part IV: Global Governance on Trade and Finance.- Chapter 8. Global Financial Governance – a US perspective on Europe.- Chapter 9. Global Governance of Trade and Finance – the Chinese Perspective on Europe.- Part V: Development and Aid in Africa.- Chapter 10. Development and Aid in Africa inLight of the US-China Rivalry – the US Perspective on Europe.- Chapter 11. Development and aid in Africa – the Chinese perspective on Europe.- Part VI: Climate Change.- Chapter 12. Jockeying for Climate Leadership Amidst Rising Global Tensions: China, the United States, and the European Union.- Chapter 13. China-US Climate Relations and the Role of the EU: A Chinese Perspective.- Part VII: Concluding Remarks.- Chapter 14. Conclusion – Europe as a Moderating Force in the US-China Strategic Competition.

Über Autor(innen)

Sebastian Biba, Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, as well as an Associate with the Institute of Asian Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg, Germany. In the past, he held visiting positions at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the University of Sydney, and Peking University. One of his major research interests in recent years has been Europe/Germany-US-China triangular relations. His output on the topic has appeared in leading IR and Area Studies journals such as International Affairs, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and European Foreign Affairs Review. Additionally, Sebastian is the co-editor (with Reinhard Wolf) of the 2021 Routledge volume Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition: Coping with an Unstable Triangle. His research on other topics has been published, among others, in Security Dialogue, Third World Quarterly, and Journal of Contemporary China, and he is also the author of a monograph on China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong printed by Routledge.