Dorussen, Han and Kirchner, Emil and Christiansen, Thomas (2018) Security Cooperation in EU-China Relations: Towards Convergence? European Foreign Affairs Review, 23 (3). pp. 287-304. DOI https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2018027
Dorussen, Han and Kirchner, Emil and Christiansen, Thomas (2018) Security Cooperation in EU-China Relations: Towards Convergence? European Foreign Affairs Review, 23 (3). pp. 287-304. DOI https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2018027
Dorussen, Han and Kirchner, Emil and Christiansen, Thomas (2018) Security Cooperation in EU-China Relations: Towards Convergence? European Foreign Affairs Review, 23 (3). pp. 287-304. DOI https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2018027
Abstract
Over the past decade, the EU and China have expanded their relations beyond a focus on economic and trade issues into the sphere of security. This is particularly evident when security is seen to encompass a variety of policy domains—from traditional, military security to non-traditional human security. However, this development has not followed an even or linear path: the record of EU-China security cooperation has been varied across different policy domains, with distinct temporal trajectories. This article addresses the question of why security cooperation between the two sides has advanced in certain policy domains while having faltered in others. Based on an expert survey of European and Chinese scholars, we explore both interest-driven and experience-driven explanations. Our analysis identifies a number of key events in the development of EU-China relations that have been critical in terms of initiating and enhancing cooperation in specific domains. Overall, we find that past experience with actual cooperation, rather than declared intentions, best explains the pattern of cooperation over time.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | European Union; China; Bilateral Relations; Security |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2018 13:08 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2024 02:03 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/22750 |
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