EU-CHINA RELATIONS IN AN EVOLVING MULTIPOLAR INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NEO-CLASSICAL REALISM AND NEO-REALISM
Journal: Marmara Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi/Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi
Year: 2023

The EU and China have been competing great powers with their capacities and capabilities at a time when the international system has evolved into multipolarity. In the current conjuncture, the demise of US unipolarity may have an easing effect on EU-China relations. The main research question of this article is: “How can neo-classical realism explain EU-China relations in comparison with neo-realism?”. The claim that the multipolar international system leads to great power rivalry is the major r