POLICY PAPER: China’s influence in Europe https://www.freiheit.org/russia-and-central-asia/chinas-influence-europe
Over the past decade the impact of China’s economy has been increasing consequently with far reaching dependencies worldwide. While China has not been using traditional military force to expand its power, we can see clear instances where China uses political and economic coercion to reach its goals. This has led many counties to label China as a “systemic rival”. And that begs the question: What does China’s rise mean for the world?
alliance of nation states, its ability to defend itself and the protection though NATO