scientific analyses of China's international environment. This requires not only the handling of IR theories and methods of … of China's leading IR scholars on the current state and the future of the international system, this paper conducts a … discourse analysis of China's core IR journals. In order to illustrate the continuity and (gradual) changes in China …

In 2006, China published its first White Paper on African policy. This signaled China's ambition to play a greater role … preferential trade, economic partnership agreements and official development aid, has gradually realized that China is to be a … the EU and China in Africa seem inevitable, not only over geopolitics, but also regarding human rights protection …

The motives, instruments and effects of China's Africa policy have spurred a lively debate in European development … policy circles. This paper assesses the “competitive pressure” that China's growing presence in Africa exerts on the European … development policy regime. Drawing on interviews conducted in China, Ethiopia and Europe between 2008 and 2011, the paper analyses …

.This article explores the impact increased protectionist measures could have on US-China relations – as well as resulting …

-- 5. The EU's Illiberal Democracies -- 6. The EU, China and their changing relations -- 7. Re-invigorating the EU Project …

the respective roles of China, Japan, and Korea, nor the unresolved disputes about Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the islands in … the South China Sea. This edited volume addresses the role of power in regional integration in three contexts: (1) the … role of hegemonic external actors (the US and China) in regional integration; (2) the role of core states within regions …

Ntousas and Stephen Minas -- The Belt and Road Initiative as China's approach to global governance : implications for China …-EU relations and economic cooperation / Yun Zhao and Hui Chen -- EU-China diplomacy and the Belt and Road Initiative / Jing Men …-owned enterprises : is it time for reform of the EU merger control? / Alexandr Svetlicinii -- EU-China cooperation on promoting …