It is in the common interest of China and Europe, as well as a precondition for the creation of a multipolar world, that they narrow the gap between them, says economist and international relations scholar Attila Marján. But while the EU is a reasonably adequate partner for China in multilateral actions it is not an ideal model because of the different European and Chinese interpretation of national sovereignty and multilateralism, and also because of the EU’s relative weakness in global security affairs. (Read more)
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