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China and Europe: engagement, multipolarity and strategy
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Narramore, T, China and Europe: engagement, multipolarity and strategy, The Pacific Review, 21, (1) pp. 87-108. ISSN 0951-2748 (2008) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2008 Taylor & Francis
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09512740701868930
DOI: doi:10.1080/09512740701868930
Abstract
Ever closer relations between China and Europe over the last decade have sparked speculation about an emerging axis or balance of power vis--vis the United States. China, the European Union and its key member states have expressed a preference for a more balanced international order based on multilateral institutions. Despite a rapid and extensive expansion in economic and political relations between China and the European Union, there is no evidence for balancing against the United States in strategic areas. Rather, the variations in the positions of China, the European Union and the United States can more accurately be seen as policy or interest bargaining. Because the European Union does not share US security interests in the Asia-Pacific region, the European Union and its key member states can seem at variance with the US position on China. Bargaining over the failed attempt to lift the European Union's arms embargo against China shows that the European Union and the United States are not so far apart on strategic issues in the Asia-Pacific.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | China-EU foreign relations, balance of power, multipolarity, strategy |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Political science |
Research Field: | International relations |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | International relations |
Objective Field: | International relations not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Narramore, T (Dr Terry Narramore) |
ID Code: | 54840 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 12 |
Deposited By: | Government |
Deposited On: | 2009-03-01 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-11 |
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