The book provides an in-depth analysis of EU-China cooperation mechanisms with a focus on efforts to jointly address global challenges. It zooms in on the cooperation mechanisms for addressing three specific global challenges that rank high on the bilateral agenda: mitigating climate change, controlling nuclear non-proliferation, and addressing the poverty-insecurity nexus. From this empirical analysis, the book assesses the characteristics and challenges of the EU's emerging "network diplomacy" model of dealing with strategic external relations.

Contents

• The Development of EU Policies towards China
• Analysing the Operational Level of Cooperation: A Framework
• The Cooperation System: Actors and Mechanisms
• Controlling Nuclear Proliferation
• Mitigating Climate Change
• Addressing the Security-Development Nexus

Target Groups

• Lecturers and students of social sciences, in particular of political science, international relations and European studies
• Practitioners in European externalrelations as well as in international organizations

About the Author

Stephan Mergenthaler is Director at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He is also a Guest Lecturer for International Relations at the University of Geneva and Non-resident Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin.