EU-China Cooperation – Assessment of Key Policy Areas
This paper has a general and also a sectoral angle to analyse EU-China relations. Apart from putting this relationship into a general historical and...
A Europe Created out of Necessity – Is Identity an Impossibility?
In principle identity can be established, reinforced, developed based on: force or grand political deeds like state building; common values, or shared history; tangible...
The new world order and China’s role in it
Thirty years ago China's share of world trade hovered below 1% but has increased more than tenfold since. Every year since the turn of...
Europe and China – Factors of Mutual Understanding
Geopolitics: enmity, rapprochement, concrete political or military decisions besides straightforward interests are often based on perceptions and influenced by the (lack of) understanding of...
American views on Europe’s geopolitical clout
What have American politicians had to say about Europe, its role, significance or insignificance and its relationship with America? Naturally, the USA has had...
Cycles that shape the world
Megatrends are shaping the world and of course geopolitics as well and we are most of the time unaware of this. Demography, migration, sustainability...
Popular views on the European Union
Getting European societies on board is a sine qua non condition for any major reform in the EU. It is also evident that major...
European identity – once again
Is there a European identity? No, there is no such thing. That would be a snappy answer, but it would not be completely true....
The way forward for the EU – Entice people, embrace change, engage the world
The aim of this paper is to contribute to academic and public debate on issues critical to the future of the European Union as...
What could China learn from Europe?
In the nineteenth century Europe's key cultural impact on China has probably been its influence in modernizing the Chinese state. In the 1870s and...