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Awakening to China's Rise provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of how Europe's major powers have responded to the re-emergence of China as a great power in world politics since the end of the Cold War. To do so, it puts forward a unique cross-regional comparison of how the major European powers (France, Germany and the United Kingdom) have confronted Chinese assertiveness both in the Asia-Pacific and in Europe. Firstly, it analyses their response to China's increasingly muscular regional posture in the Asia-Pacific through the development of diplomatic and security initiatives with partners in the region. Secondly, it delineates how they have confronted China's inroads into Europe, looking at the measures that they have taken to tackle Chinese investments in, and supply of, technologies in strategic sectors such as critical national infrastructures, dual-use technologies, and in the digital domain, including Huawei's 5G networks. A longstanding assumption in the IR literature has been that European foreign policies toward the People's Republic of China have been driven by a 'naïve' and self-interested focus on the economic opportunities presented by such a vast market, overlooking security considerations. This book challenges such common belief through a detailed examination of the policies of France, Germany and the United Kingdom from 1989 to the present. Its central argument is that, whereas this assessment aptly characterized the first two post-Cold War decades, Beijing's growing assertiveness after 2009 caused the three major European powers to awaken to China's rise. In the 2010s, heightened threat perceptions of China, coupled with increasingly competitive bilateral economic relations with the PRC, have gradually and cumulatively caused the hardening of their policy goals which, in turn, translated into the formulation of new policy instruments to confront such a challenge. To substantiate this argument, the book relies on a large body of previously undisclosed primary sources, including: 223 interviews conducted with senior officials in Europe (Berlin, Brussels, London, Paris), in the United States (Washington DC), and in Asia (Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Seoul); declassified archival documents from France, the UK and Germany; leaked US diplomatic cables; and new data on European naval deployments.

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Author:   Hugo Meijer (CNRS Research Fellow at Sciences Po, Center for International Studies (CERI) and Director of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS))
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.656kg
ISBN:  

9780198865537

ISBN 10:   0198865538
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   23 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Europe's Awakening to the Rise of China Part I. Confronting China's Assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific Introduction. China in the Asia-Pacific: From Peaceful Rise to Regional Hegemony 1: Pulled East: French Foreign and Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific 2: The Reluctant European Power: Germany in Asian-Pacific Security 3: Ripples of Empire: China's Rise and British Regional Policy to the East of Suez Part II. Responding to China's Assertiveness in Europe Introduction. Inroads into Europe: Beijing's Deepening Foothold on the Continent 4: France and the Rise of China: From Open Door to Clear-Eyed 5: Germany's 'China Policy': Engagement, Resilience, Leverage 6: The China Challenge: Rebalancing Economics and National Security in UK's Foreign Policy Conclusion: Europe in the Midst of the US-China Rivalry

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In this meticulously researched and engaging book, Meijer documents a pivotal shift in the international politics around China's rise-how France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have transformed their approach to China. As Meijer shows, shared security concerns about China's behavior in the Asia-Pacific and its inroads into Europe's strategic sectors produced a dramatic shift in their threat perceptions of China and policy responses. A terrific contribution to the literature.'' * M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * In this thorough, meticulous study Hugo Meijer shows how, over the past decade, France, Britain, and Germany have responded to China's increasingly aggressive behavior, both in the Asia-Pacific and closer to home in Europe itself. Americans who seek closer trans-Atlantic cooperation in dealing with China's rise need to understand how their major European allies assess the challenge and have sought to meet it. Meijer's new book is the place to start. * Aaron Friedberg is a professor at Princeton University and author of Getting China Wrong *

In this meticulously researched and engaging book, Meijer documents a pivotal shift in the international politics around China's rise - how France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have transformed their approach to China. As Meijer shows, shared security concerns about China's behavior in the Asia-Pacific and its inroads into Europe's strategic sectors produced a dramatic shift in their threat perceptions of China and policy responses. A terrific contribution to the literature. * M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Challenging the idea that major European powers have been driven by a mix of greed and naivete in their relationship with a rising China, Hugo Meijer draws upon a breathtaking range of primary sources to show how - across Europe - China is being reviewed as the geopolitical challenge of our time. A reference in the field for years to come. * Alessio Patalano, Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia, King's College London * In this thorough, meticulous study Hugo Meijer shows how, over the past decade, France, Britain, and Germany have responded to China's increasingly aggressive behavior, both in the Asia-Pacific and closer to home in Europe itself. Americans who seek closer trans-Atlantic cooperation in dealing with China's rise need to understand how their major European allies assess the challenge and have sought to meet it. Meijer's new book is the place to start. * Aaron Friedberg is a professor at Princeton University and author of Getting China Wrong * This is an excellent survey of how Europe's three major powers have attempted to deal with the consequences of China's rise. It shows how the focus on economic issues in the first two decades after the Cold War gradually gave way to security concerns and to an increased emphasis on working with the United States in managing Europe's relations with China. * Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University *

Author Information

Hugo Meijer is CNRS Research Fellow at Sciences Po, Center for International Studies (CERI) and the Founding Director of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS), a pan-European multidisciplinary network of scholars that share the goal of consolidating security studies in Europe. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Brussels School of Governance, and Honorary Researcher at the Centre for War and Diplomacy, Lancaster University. Previously, he was Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI, Florence), Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, and a Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM, Paris).

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