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Coherence at Last? Transatlantic Cooperation in Response to the Geostrategic Challenge of China
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Abstract In light of the larger contextual picture of increased geostrategic rivalry with China, this article focuses on the question whether transatlantic cooperation responses towards the geostrategic challenge of China can possibly be coherent at all. How can we explain coherent actions (or lack thereof) ... view more
In light of the larger contextual picture of increased geostrategic rivalry with China, this article focuses on the question whether transatlantic cooperation responses towards the geostrategic challenge of China can possibly be coherent at all. How can we explain coherent actions (or lack thereof) between actors across the Atlantic in their foreign policy towards China? The central idea then is to explain transatlantic cooperation responses to the geostrategic challenge of China from a coherence angle, providing us with a perspective by which we can understand why actors on both sides of the Atlantic invest in policy coherence, or rather not. We argue that this coherence angle on transatlantic relations is particularly promising as it combines a focus on actors and structural dimensions that is able to offer explanations by whom, where, and why policy coherence is achieved. By looking into two different cases, the so-called concerted sanctions case and the AUKUS case, we find both, transatlantic coherence and incoherence, respectively, in response to the strategic challenge of China. Overall, this article has important policy implications, as it can point to the underlying factors in transatlantic policy-making that push or obstruct coherence.... view less
Keywords
EU; United States of America; transatlantic relations; international cooperation; international politics
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
EU; US; coherence; cooperation; incoherence; security; transatlantic; values
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 176-185
Journal
Politics and Governance, 10 (2022) 2
Issue topic
Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU-US Relations
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed