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Article
What Drives the EU’s Contemporary Strategic Engagement with China?
China: An International Journal
(2023)
Abstract
This article discusses the main determinants of the European Union’s strategic engagement with China with reference to three theoretical claims: an institutional perspective, a values-based approach, and a realpolitik dimension. It examines the utility of each theoretical position, and outlines complementary and diverging essential characteristics amongst them. This is conducted with the aid of empirical evidence from long-standing points of interactions between the EU and China over the last three decades. These include, the EU’s arms embargo with China, EU-China competition in Africa, and the EU’s position on designating market economy status to China. This analysis can reduce the misunderstandings and uncertainties embedded in the contemporary EU-China relationship.
Keywords
- Norms,
- Strategic Preference Formation,
- Arms Embargo,
- Africa Development,
- Market Economy Status,
- European Union,
- China
Disciplines
Publication Date
2023
Citation Information
Hasmath, R. and Wyzycka, N. (2023) “What Drives the EU's Contemporary Strategic Engagement with China?”, China: An International Journal 21(3): 1-19.