Description
Given the depth and breadth of the pandemic-induced recession in Europe, private companies in need of capital and governments looking to shed state-owned enterprises may be tempted to sell shares, assets, or outright ownership to investors with liquidity to spare. Of greatest concern is the role that China might play in Europe, building Beijing’s soft power, weakening allied geopolitical solidarity, and potentially reprising the role it played in the 2010s, when its investments in Europe expanded dramatically. More specifically, there is concern over China’s investments in infrastructure and sensitive technologies relevant to American and allied military operations and capabilities.
Whether Europe is prepared and able to parry Beijing’s economic statecraft is somewhat unclear, given varied attitudes toward China and the patchwork of investment screening mechanisms across the continent. Regardless, the outcomes will have significant implications for US security and for the Defense Department specifically. In support of US European Command (EUCOM) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) assembled an interdisciplinary team to examine these issues and offer actionable policy recommendations for military leaders and decisionmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Study sponsors (nonfunding): United States European Command, United States Department of Homeland Security
Publication Date
5-4-2022
Publisher
USAWC Press
City
Carlisle
Keywords
China, Europe, and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security
Disciplines
Chinese Studies | Defense and Security Studies | Military and Veterans Studies | Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Peace and Conflict Studies | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Policy History, Theory, and Methods | Public Affairs | Public Policy
Recommended Citation
John R. Deni, Chris Alden, Erik Brattberg, Roger Cliff, Mark Duckenfield, R. Evan Ellis, Nicholas Nelson, and Lauren Speranza,
China, Europe, and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security (Carlisle: US Army War College Press, 2022),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/949
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Chinese Studies Commons, Defense and Security Studies Commons, Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Commons, Policy History, Theory, and Methods Commons, Public Affairs Commons, Public Policy Commons
