Sebastian Biba is a lecturer and research fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and a visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, USA.Reinhard Wolf is a Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

"Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition is a timely and welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the new cold war between China and the United States. The editors have brought together an impressive, all- European set of voices to analyse Europe’s difficult choices in a world of escalating superpower tensions." - David C. Unger

• 1. Introduction Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf Part I: Europe’s Agency in the International System 2. A new US-China bipolar system: What role for Europe in security and defence? Øystein Tunsjø 3. Europe in between US-Chinese strategic competition: the role of a middle power Liselotte Odgaard 4. The sub-national dimension of the European Union’s relations with China: A Solution for Tough Times? Tomasz Kamiński and Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska Part II: Geostrategic Issues and Europe’s Security 5. The EU’s Asia security policy in the Trump era: challenges and opportunities Emil Kirchner 6. Europe and the South China Sea: Challenges, constraints, and options Michael Paul 7. Europe and the North Korea conundrum: Navigating the China‒South Korea‒United States triangle Ramon Pacheco Pardo Part III: Geo-economic Issues and Europe’s Welfare 8. Europe’s economic and technological relationship with the United States and China: A difficult balancing act Margot Schüller 9. European and American approaches towards Chinese foreign direct investment in post-COVID times: Opportunities, challenges and policy responses Philippe Le Corre 10. Europe and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI): Infrastructure and Connectivity Claude Zanardi 11. Can the EU and China co-lead the international climate change regime if the US withdraws from the Paris Agreement? Mario Esteban and Lara Lázaro Part IV: Concluding Remarks 12. Sustaining the European project in an age of Sino-American confrontation: An end to complacency Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf

Sebastian Biba is a lecturer and research fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and a visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, USA.Reinhard Wolf is a Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

"Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition is a timely and welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the new cold war between China and the United States. The editors have brought together an impressive, all- European set of voices to analyse Europe’s difficult choices in a world of escalating superpower tensions." - David C. Unger

• 1. Introduction Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf Part I: Europe’s Agency in the International System 2. A new US-China bipolar system: What role for Europe in security and defence? Øystein Tunsjø 3. Europe in between US-Chinese strategic competition: the role of a middle power Liselotte Odgaard 4. The sub-national dimension of the European Union’s relations with China: A Solution for Tough Times? Tomasz Kamiński and Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska Part II: Geostrategic Issues and Europe’s Security 5. The EU’s Asia security policy in the Trump era: challenges and opportunities Emil Kirchner 6. Europe and the South China Sea: Challenges, constraints, and options Michael Paul 7. Europe and the North Korea conundrum: Navigating the China‒South Korea‒United States triangle Ramon Pacheco Pardo Part III: Geo-economic Issues and Europe’s Welfare 8. Europe’s economic and technological relationship with the United States and China: A difficult balancing act Margot Schüller 9. European and American approaches towards Chinese foreign direct investment in post-COVID times: Opportunities, challenges and policy responses Philippe Le Corre 10. Europe and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI): Infrastructure and Connectivity Claude Zanardi 11. Can the EU and China co-lead the international climate change regime if the US withdraws from the Paris Agreement? Mario Esteban and Lara Lázaro Part IV: Concluding Remarks 12. Sustaining the European project in an age of Sino-American confrontation: An end to complacency Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf

Sebastian Biba is a lecturer and research fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and a visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, USA.Reinhard Wolf is a Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

"Europe in an Era of Growing Sino-American Competition is a timely and welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the new cold war between China and the United States. The editors have brought together an impressive, all- European set of voices to analyse Europe’s difficult choices in a world of escalating superpower tensions." - David C. Unger

• 1. Introduction Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf Part I: Europe’s Agency in the International System 2. A new US-China bipolar system: What role for Europe in security and defence? Øystein Tunsjø 3. Europe in between US-Chinese strategic competition: the role of a middle power Liselotte Odgaard 4. The sub-national dimension of the European Union’s relations with China: A Solution for Tough Times? Tomasz Kamiński and Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska Part II: Geostrategic Issues and Europe’s Security 5. The EU’s Asia security policy in the Trump era: challenges and opportunities Emil Kirchner 6. Europe and the South China Sea: Challenges, constraints, and options Michael Paul 7. Europe and the North Korea conundrum: Navigating the China‒South Korea‒United States triangle Ramon Pacheco Pardo Part III: Geo-economic Issues and Europe’s Welfare 8. Europe’s economic and technological relationship with the United States and China: A difficult balancing act Margot Schüller 9. European and American approaches towards Chinese foreign direct investment in post-COVID times: Opportunities, challenges and policy responses Philippe Le Corre 10. Europe and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI): Infrastructure and Connectivity Claude Zanardi 11. Can the EU and China co-lead the international climate change regime if the US withdraws from the Paris Agreement? Mario Esteban and Lara Lázaro Part IV: Concluding Remarks 12. Sustaining the European project in an age of Sino-American confrontation: An end to complacency Sebastian Biba and Reinhard Wolf