%0 Journal Article
%T The road not taken: The EU as strategic American partner and a balancer to a rising China
%A Nathan Shepura
%J European View
%@ 1865-5831
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1781685818766769
%X In the context of an increasingly competitive US¨CChina rivalry, the intensity of which is unlikely to diminish in the foreseeable future, the EU finds itself with a unique challenge and a unique opportunity. It must reaffirm and assert its commitment to a strategic partnership with the US, foremost through increasing its cooperation with NATO and through a recommitment to forging ever-closer economic ties. The EU must also continue to offer bold, creative alternatives to a new bipolar global framework. In particular, these should emphasise the EU¡¯s multilateral ties with partners around the world, as an important balance to potential conflict between the US and China
%K EU
%K US
%K China
%K Balancing
%K International relations
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1781685818766769