This working paper brings together assessments of the trilateral relations between China, the EU und the US from the disciplines of political science and economics. The first paper primarily addresses the following three issues: a) China's current development and prospects b) EU-China relations,...

This paper uses the case of Sino-Southeast Asian relations to gain insights on China's ability to muster support for its global agenda. The analysis focuses on the regional-global nexus of interstate relations and explores the extent to which the quality of two states' regional relations...

Introduction / Richard N. Haass and Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- The United States and China : tough engagement / Robert Lee Suettinger -- Europe and Iran : critical dialogue / Johannes Reissner -- The United States and Iraq : perils of engagement / Kenneth I. Juster -- The United States and North...

The paper discusses the relevance of past concerns about trade and foreign direct investment diversion to the detriment of Asian suppliers and hosts as a result of EU integration deepening and widening in the nineties. Based on recent empirical evidence, these concerns are rejected. As concerns...