CHINA - CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RISE OF CHINA: A REALIST PERSPECTIVE

Year 2023, , 477 - 514, 29.12.2023

Yiğit Yamanlar

https://doi.org/10.32450/aacd.1410362

Abstract

Following the 2008–2009 global financial crisis, China began to engage in power competition in the CEE region for its economic and political interests. The EU regards the increase of Chinese influence in the CEE as a threat to its integrity and the interests of EU member states. The study argues that the basis of China-CEE cooperation is based on a realist thought that serves China's rise, aims to maximize China's economic power, and prioritizes Chinese interests. The study presents the basic motivations underlying China's involvement in power competition in the CEE, the impact of China’s growing influence in the CEE on the dominant actors in the region, such as the EU and Germany, and also their attitudes towards China-CEE cooperation from a realist perspective.

Keywords

China, Central and Eastern Europe, European Union, China’s Rise, Realist Thinking.

Çin’in Yükselişi Bağlamında Çin-Orta ve Doğu Avrupa İşbirliği: Realist Bir Bakış Açısı

Abstract

2008-2009 küresel finansal krizin ardından Çin, ekonomik ve siyasi çıkarları için ODA bölgesinde güç rekabetine girmeye başladı. AB, Çin'in ODA’daki etkisinin artmasını kendi bütünlüğüne ve AB üye devletlerinin çıkarlarına yönelik bir tehdit olarak görmektedir. Çalışma, Çin-ODA işbirliğinin temelinin Çin'in yükselişine hizmet eden, Çin'in küresel ekonomik gücünü en üst düzeye çıkarmayı hedefleyen ve Çin çıkarlarını ön planda tutan realist bir düşünceye dayandığını ileri sürmektedir. Çalışma, Çin'in ODA’daki güç rekabetine dahil olmasının altında yatan temel motivasyonları, Çin'in ODA’da artan etkisinin AB ve Almanya gibi bölgedeki baskın aktörler üzerindeki etkisini ve ayrıca onların Çin-ODA işbirliğine yönelik tutumlarını realist bir perspektiften ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Çin, Orta ve Doğu Avrupa, Avrupa Birliği, Çin’in Yükselişi, Realist Düşünce.

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