In their new article, Dr. Jeff Anderson and Dr. Federico Steinberg examine US influence on Europe in the context of the geostrategic rivalry with China.
“This article examines US influence on Europe in the context of the geostrategic rivalry with China. We employ the wedging-binding framework and and argue that US influence in Europe does not occur in a vacuum, but is conditioned by the transatlantic alliance, a dense system of values and norms that influences the use of and outcomes associated with wedging and binding. We analyse the US pivot to Asia and use three case studiesfrom the Biden years (the IRA , export controls, and AUKUS) to show that there has been growing US unilateralism that takes the form of unintentional wedging, which in turn has created tensions in the transatlantic relationship and prompted varying degrees of European binding in response. We conclude with reflections on the future of the alliance in the Trump II era, during which intentional (and hostile) US wedging will become the norm and European binding will become even more essential”
Read the full article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2025.2537377?src=exp-lahttps://lnkd.in/eS8s2rYX
