China’s Rise Can Unite NATO

Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Editor(s): Brian Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Zürich

The rise of China gives the alliance renewed purpose after years of deadlock. It falls on Europe to invest in the opportunity that the Biden administration offers, argues Henrik Larsen in this CSS Policy Perspective. A new transatlantic bargain is needed, in which Europe invests more in the continent’s own security in return for the US engaging in a transatlantic dialogue about how best to counter China as a threat to resilience and liberal order. The incoming Biden administration offers an opportunity for a joint transatlantic approach to China, provided that Europe safeguards its critical infrastructure for continued intelligence sharing and joint military planning, and also shoulders a bigger burden in containing Russia, as the US shifts its focus to Asia.

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