In recent years, Europe has aimed to reduce its strategic technology dependency from China. In fact, the People‘s Republic has become an innovation powerhouse. However, to this day, China profits from interaction with Europe. In its new report, the Digital Power China research consortium traces whether and how China relies on Europe. Such reverse dependence poses a dilemma for Europe: Strategic entanglement preserves leverage but stands in the way of increased security through autonomy. We discuss these risks and the opportunities.
The full report is available here
On the panel:
Rogier Creemers, Leiden University
Mercedes Menendez, Maastricht University
Angela Stanzel, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Liesbet van der Perre, KU Leuven
Valentin Weber, German Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator:
Tim Rühlig
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