How to Make the Strategic Partnership Work

EU Cooperation with China in Security Affairs

The European Union can pursue its interests within its strategic partnership with China if it takes three crucial steps: first, identify and concentrate on its core interests and capabilities in East Asia; second, proactively seek to broaden support by coordinating its policies with major partners in the region beyond China in institutions of the nascent security architecture; and third, take China's concepts of global affairs and instruments into account when formulating its policies.