The EU Squeezed Between the US and China

The EU is struggling to find some wiggle room between an increasingly hostile United States and an increasingly assertive China. A flurry of bilateral meetings and summits in Europe is a clear sign of feverish diplomacy, if not panic, mostly as a response to the whirlwind of developments triggered byContinue Reading

What Trump’s Tilt Toward Russia Means for China

U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russia are not only occurring at Ukraine’s expense but also carry broader implications for China. Historically, the opposite was true – Henry Kissinger’s strategic opening to China contributed to the Soviet Union’s eventual collapse. Now, the Trump administration is playing a calculated game withContinue Reading

Will China Take Advantage of Future EU-US Rifts?

Looking back, the first Trump administration might have been just a demo for the European Union and transatlantic relations, with the worse yet to come. Still combining a feverish passion for tariffs with distrust of the EU, U.S. President Donald Trump now also brings a desire for the territory ofContinue Reading