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If it wants to persist in the ​“competition of systems” with China's authoritarian state capitalism, Europe needs to assert itself as a player in its own right – with its own strategy. A key element of that should be cooperation with like-minded partners.…

European leaders are toying with a risky idea: reducing the flow of structural funds to Hungary and other EU members who challenge key norms of liberal democracies. Not only would this proposal put further strain on already rocky relations between those countries and the rest of the Union, it may…

There has been a lot of talk about ‘big data.’ What does that mean in China? Well, big data is everywhere in China, from finance to governance. Nowadays if you talk to Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials, they will constantly drop this word into the conversation. It is a buzzword in China…

Executive Summary As a consequence of the Chinese government’s violent repression of the Tiananmen Square protests on June 4, 1989, human rights have become a central topic in the foreign relations of the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese party-state was internationally criticized for the…

In seiner ersten Regierungserklärung hat Bundeskanzler Merz einen ungeschminkten Blick auf Xis Großmachtpolitik geworfen. Dies lässt auf eine entschlossenere Chinapolitik hoffen.…

Die deutsche Bundesregierung rückt näher an Taiwan heran und sucht den Austausch mit der Inselrepublik. Die Führung in Peking ist empört – und streut falsche Fakten zu dem Thema.…

Why European leaders need to be guided by a more realistic assessment of economic relations with Beijing and China’s geopolitical role on Russia, Ukraine and beyond.…

The rivalry between the US and China will be the defining geopolitical challenge of this century. Here’s why the EU must become a player in its own right – with its own strategy.…

Mike Pompeo, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, said last month that Beijing’s efforts to exert influence in liberal democracies are just as concerning as those of Moscow, citing China’s “much bigger footprint”. Indeed, China’s rapidly increasing political influencing efforts and…

In UN debates, China primarily contests implications of human rights rather than the norms themselves. This challenge is nonetheless serious as it facilitates a gradual erosion of established norms and instruments.…

The European Union uses a confidential, institutionalized Dialogue to raise human rights concerns with China, but little is publicly known about its set-up, its substance, its development over time and its impact. This book provides the first detailed reconstruction and assessment of the EU’s…

As Congress decides whether to grant trade promotion authority (TPA), which would formally allow US President Barack Obama to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the surrounding debate reveals much about attitudes toward economic globalization and, in particular, toward China’s rising…

For a variety of good reasons, European leaders are focusing their attention on the war in Ukraine. At the same time, the Western Balkans, where Europe’s last war was staged, have fallen to the bottom of the European agenda, as have discussions on EU enlargement. This neglect could result, yet…

The recent quarrel between China and the US over the narrowly avoided midair incident between a US spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet has again put China-US relations under pressure. Most commentaries focus on the seeming danger of the Chinese fighter jet intercepting the US spy plane. While it is…