Description
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 'naive' 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.
About the Author
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).
Reviews
Europe has long adopted a 'business-first' approach to China, but it no longer has that luxury. The broad set of national security challenges which various Chinese actors pose to European interests are increasingly apparent. They exist inside China, throughout Europe, and across the Indo-Pacific region. In this very carefully researched and well-written assessment, Hugo Meijer provides a granular and much needed expose of these threats. This superb study fills an important gap in the literature, and should be read by European government policymakers, intelligence and national security officials, journalists, and policy experts. * Professor David Shambaugh, George Washington University (USA), and editor of China & the World *
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 behaviour 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, 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 *
This monograph is a significant contribution to international relations and national security studies and deserves a wide audience among policy makers. * Choice *
Awakening to China's Rise fills the gap in scholarly understanding of how major European powers have adjusted and responded to the so-called "rise of China."... The book will appeal to both academic and policy audiences interested in Sino-European relations and is well-positioned to serve as supplementary reading material for undergraduate and postgraduate courses concerned with European foreign policy, "global" China, and the evolving global political and security landscape. * Dragan Pavlicevic, The China Quarterly *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198865537
Author Hugo Meijer
Format Hardback
Page Count 334
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 656g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 164mm * 21mm
About the Author
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).
Reviews
Europe has long adopted a 'business-first' approach to China, but it no longer has that luxury. The broad set of national security challenges which various Chinese actors pose to European interests are increasingly apparent. They exist inside China, throughout Europe, and across the Indo-Pacific region. In this very carefully researched and well-written assessment, Hugo Meijer provides a granular and much needed expose of these threats. This superb study fills an important gap in the literature, and should be read by European government policymakers, intelligence and national security officials, journalists, and policy experts. * Professor David Shambaugh, George Washington University (USA), and editor of China & the World *
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 behaviour 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, 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 *
This monograph is a significant contribution to international relations and national security studies and deserves a wide audience among policy makers. * Choice *
Awakening to China's Rise fills the gap in scholarly understanding of how major European powers have adjusted and responded to the so-called "rise of China."... The book will appeal to both academic and policy audiences interested in Sino-European relations and is well-positioned to serve as supplementary reading material for undergraduate and postgraduate courses concerned with European foreign policy, "global" China, and the evolving global political and security landscape. * Dragan Pavlicevic, The China Quarterly *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198865537
Author Hugo Meijer
Format Hardback
Page Count 334
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 656g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 164mm * 21mm
