Cyber Technology and the European Union’s Gestaltian Approach to China

• Authors: Reza Hasmath , Una Berzina-Cerenkova

Abstracts

EN

Contemporary European Union (EU) and China relations are marked by a simultaneously beneficial, conflictual and competitive partnership. This is aptly evident in the cyber technology realm. This paper contends that the European Union’s gestaltian approach towards China can be understood with the aid of three theoretical positions: (1) an institutional perspective; (2) as a values-based actor; and, (3) a realpolitik dimension. The arguments advanced in the paper, ultimately imply that the EU’s approach towards China can provide various EU domestic and global actors’ space to exploit contradictions, notably when it comes to cyber technology diplomacy. This has the attendant effect of fostering future fissures in the EU’s overall engagement with China.

Keywords

EN

cyber technology; institutionalism; values; realpolitik; Huawei; European Union; China

• Publisher: F1000 Research
• Journal: Stosunki Międzynarodowe - International Relations
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 57
• Pages: 111-120

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Reza Hasmath

• University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

author

Una Berzina-Cerenkova

• Riga Stradins University, Latvia

Identifiers

DOI

10.12688/stomiedintrelat.17431.2

Biblioteka Nauki

31343768