Jian Junbo and Fang Jiongsheng, "Transatlantic Defense Cooperation in the Era of Great Transformation and Its Implications for China", Security Science Journal, Vol.4 No.2, 2023, pp. 85-115. DOI: 10.37458/ssj.4.2.5. ISSN: 2737-9493

Abstract: In the background of the great transformation of international situation, and with the purpose  of  jointly  safeguarding  the  ‘liberal  international  order’,  the  defense  cooperation between  Europe  and  the  US  is  developing  rapidly.  This  includes  improving  the  cooperation  in bilateral  and  global  levels.  However,  as  the  EU  is  pursuing  strategic  autonomy  and  defense independence,  the  transatlantic  defense  cooperation  is  facing  structural  challenges  brought  by gaps of willingness, goals, interests and capabilities between the two sides. Therefore, although the  transatlantic  defense  cooperation  will  continue  to  deepen  in  the  future,  it  will  not  develop smoothly.  The  transatlantic  defense  cooperation  will  have  negative  impacts  on  China,  like  the de-stabilizing  of  international  and  regional  situation  needed  by  Chinese  economic  prosperity. However,  due  to  the  differences  in  defense  positions  and  capabilities  between  Europe  and  the US, the negative impacts of transatlantic defense cooperation on China are limited.

Keywords: Transatlantic defense cooperation, Great Transformation, NATO, EU, US, China