Article
Cyber Technology and the European Union’s Gestaltian Approach to China
Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations
(2022)
Abstract
Contemporary European Union (EU) and China relations are marked by a simultaneously beneficial, conflictual and competitive partnership. This is aptly evident in the cyber technology realm. This paper contends that the European Union’s gestaltian approach towards China can be understood with the aid of three theoretical positions: (1) an institutional perspective; (2) as a values-based actor; and, (3) a realpolitik dimension. The arguments advanced in the paper, ultimately imply that the EU’s approach towards China can provide various EU domestic and global actors’ space to exploit contradictions, notably when it comes to cyber technology diplomacy. This has the attendant effect of fostering future fissures in the EU’s overall engagement with China.
Keywords
- cyber technology,
- institutionalism,
- values,
- realpolitik,
- Huawei,
- EU,
- China
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
Citation Information
Hasmath, R. and Berzina-Cerenkova, U. (2022) "Cyber Technology and the European Union’s Gestaltian Approach to China", Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 2:10.