CSS Brown Bag Webinar: "Strategic Trends II: China, the US, and World Order"

On 28 May 2020, Dr Jack Thompson, formerly Head of the Global Security Team at the CSS and currently a Senior Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Security Studies, presented his chapter «China, the US, and World Order» from the Strategische Trends 2020 during the CSS Brown Bag Webinar. In his talk, Thompson discussed the origins and nature of competition between China and the United States, including factors such as US decline, ideology, and domestic politics. Thompson made three main points: that US-China competition is likely to be a long-term feature of global affairs; that it is damaging most key pillars of the rules-based international order; and that US-China competition is especially problematic for Europe. He concluded by arguing that European policymakers should act more aggressively to defend their interests and values.