Spring 2021 Issue: The EU-US-China Triangle

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of the human rights of Xinjiang Uighurs in Hong Kong, China, December 22, 2019.

IPQ 2/2021

In the third issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY we're focusing on the fast-changing power relationships between the European Union, the United States, and China—and on the world they will be shaping.

Editorial

Henning Hoff

The EU-US-China Triangle

The opening gambits have been made. Much will depend on the next moves.

What Europe Thinks ...

Bertram Lang

What Europe Thinks … About Dealing with China

Beijing’s image has deteriorated markedly in 2020, though the picture in Central and Eastern Europe is more mixed.

Cover Section

Adam Tooze

The Fragility of Europe’s China Strategy

China’s latest actions may push the Europeans to full alignments with the US–which would be both momentous and dangerous.

Torrey Taussig

A Common Front on China? A View from the United States

A robust transatlantic agenda on China is required not in spite of, but because of the complex interdependencies that exist between the West and Beijing.

Kerry Brown

A Common Front on China? A View from Europe

The EU and the US are coming to the realization that China poses questions that neither can answer on their own.

Susan A. Thornton

Biden’s China Challenge

The US president faces a number of interconnected challenges when it comes to developing US policy toward China.

Noah Barkin

Change Drivers

As the Greens prepare for a return to power in a post-Merkel government, they are promising to reshape China policy.

Jacob Mardell

Beijing’s Foreign Policy Priorities

China seeks to cement a multi-polar world order in which no other state can “interfere” with what it sees as “internal affairs.”

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

Under the Influence

For too long, Germany has been in awe of China’s economic might.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

Making Beijing Respect France

French President Emmanuel Macron wants insurance against Chinese hegemony.

Carbon Critical

Noah J. Gordon

Keeping the World Cold

When it comes to climate policy, the United States, China, and the EU have shown that they can work together.

Toward a New German Foreign Policy

Robin Niblett

Time to Define European Autonomy

Germany will need to focus on building stronger European strategic autonomy in order to be an equal partner to the United States.

Thierry de Montbrial

Stepping Into the 21st Century

To adapt its foreign policy to new challenges, Germany must overcome certain taboos inherited from its history.

The Wider View

Luisa Neubauer

How We Achieved Sustainability

A fair, healthy, climate-friendly world is possible.

Quarterly Concerns

Kadri Liik

The Invisible Battle for Russia’s Future

There are homegrown democrats in Russia who do not inevitably sympathize with the West.