The EU-China security paradox : cooperation against all odds? / Julia Gurol

1 The EU and China in a Changing International Environment -- 2 Analytical Framework: Towards Multidimensionality -- 3 The EU’s and China’s Foreign and Security Policy Principles -- 4 The EU and China on the Global Stage: Interests and Interdependence -- 5 Framing and Perceptions in EU–China Security Relations -- 6 EU–China Relations on Anti-Terrorism -- 7 EU–China Relations on Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy -- 8 EU–China Relations on Climate and Energy Security -- 9 The US: An Elephant in the Room for EU–China Security Relations -- 10 Conclusion and Outlook: The EU and China at a Crossroads

In this enlightening analysis, Julia Gurol unpicks the complex security relations between the European Union (EU) and China. She investigates the principles, rationales and shifting dynamics of collaboration on a range of security issues, and their consequences for China, the EU and other regions. She pays particular attention to EU-China relations in the realm of anti-terrorism, anti-piracy and energy security, and disentangles their cooperation efforts in the context of increasing political and economic tensions. Systematic and accessible, this is an essential guide to the past, present and future of one of the world's most important, yet most complicated, security relationships.