Relations with Russia and China from the European perspective

Relations with Russia and China from the European perspective

Event Description

Relations of Europe with Russia and China have been described as an “ambivalent partnership” and certainly involve increasing complexity. Russia has been a long term worry for Europe since the Cold War, but tensions have been heightened in the past decade as Russia has intervened in Ukraine, annexed the Crimea, and continued to undermine human rights. As the USA enters into a heightened period of competition and confrontation with China, Europe is forced to navigate its way through the political and economic fallout.

Topics Covered

The geopolitical situation requires Europe to ask key questions regarding its perspective with Russia and China:

  1. Is the alliance between Russia and China genuinely beneficial to their mutual security, or are their relations shallow and based on convenience?
  2. Is it viable for the USA and its allies (i.e. the EU, UK, Australia, Japan) to seek to divide Russia and China so that they do not constitute a single bloc cooperating against the West in certain policy areas?
  3. As NATO has identified China as a destabilising force, does this mark a change in European relations with China, and how will this affect the NATO position with Russia?

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