The International Politics of EU-China Relations
David Kerr and Liu Fei
Abstract
The European Union and China have emerged as new international actors. They have an increasingly diverse relationship covering the economy, politics, technology, culture and education; but beyond these two-way linkages EU–China development is also changing the international political environment. One noted US scholar, David Shambaugh, has pointed to a ‘Strategic Triangle’ between the US, the EU, and China. Several other major actors such as Japan, India and Russia are also interested in the ‘EU factor’ in their relations with China; or the ‘China factor’ in their EU relations. This volume pres ... More
The European Union and China have emerged as new international actors. They have an increasingly diverse relationship covering the economy, politics, technology, culture and education; but beyond these two-way linkages EU–China development is also changing the international political environment. One noted US scholar, David Shambaugh, has pointed to a ‘Strategic Triangle’ between the US, the EU, and China. Several other major actors such as Japan, India and Russia are also interested in the ‘EU factor’ in their relations with China; or the ‘China factor’ in their EU relations. This volume presents contributions from scholars from Europe and China, which debate the nature, problems and potential of the emerging strategic relationship between the EU and China. Several papers develop theoretical approaches to regionalism and inter-regionalism. This book provides an overview of EU–China relations and the wider international context, and it will be of interest to anyone interested in international relations.
Keywords:
European Union,
China,
economy,
politics,
David Shambaugh,
Strategic Triangle,
India,
Russia,
regionalism,
international relations
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197264089 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2012 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197264089.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
David Kerr, editor
Lecturer in the International Relations of China, School of Government and International Affairs; Research Associate, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Durham
Liu Fei, author
Associate Professor, Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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