Abigaël Vasselier is Programme Coordinator and Policy Fellow at ECFR’s Asia programme. She joined ECFR in 2013. Prior to that she graduated in International relations at Sciences Po Aix. She also holds a master’s degree in Asian politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and a bachelor’s in Chinese language. She studied in 2009-2010 at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. She has previously written for China Brief on China and South-Sudan and on China Analysis, mostly on China-Africa relations.
Europe and the United States are increasingly at odds over how to manage the challenges posed by China. A united, coherent transatlantic approach is urgently needed to safeguard shared interests.
As China’s influence grows, Europe starts to have an increasing quest for reciprocity and is turning to realist engagement with China.
