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Biden and Europe, values and interests. Egmont Commentary 18 June 2021.

Biscop, Sven (2021) Biden and Europe, values and interests. Egmont Commentary 18 June 2021. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Before his trip to Europe, President Biden spoke of its purpose as “rallying the democracies”. But international politics is not just a clash between the democrats and the dictators. Indeed, Americans and Europeans count quite a few authoritarian states among their allies and partners – which were left studiously unmentioned during the recent G7, NATO, and EU-US Summits. Biden’s deeply-felt rhetoric on values cannot change the reality that interests drive international politics. Most states cooperate with most other states when interests overlap, quite regardless of their domestic political system. That demands a nuanced approach, and that is exactly what a week of summitry produced.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Asia-general > East and Southeast Asia
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
    Countries > Russia
    Countries > China
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Commentaries
    Depositing User: Daniel Pennell
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2021 13:43
    Number of Pages: 5
    Last Modified: 29 Sep 2021 13:43
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/103620

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