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Awakening To China's Rise Delivers The First Post-cold War History Of How Europe's Major Powers (britain, France And Germany) Have Responded To The Perceived Security Challenge Posed By China's Rising Assertiveness Both In The Asia-pacific And In Europe. A Longstanding Assumption In The Ir Literature Has Been That European Foreign Policies Toward The People's Republic Of China Have Been Driven By A 'naïve' Or Self-interested Focus On The Economic Opportunities Presented By Such Vast Market, Overlooking Security Considerations. This Book Challenges Such Common Belief. Its Central Argument Is That, Whereas This Assessment Aptly Characterized The First Two Post-cold War Decades, Beijing's Growing Assertiveness After 2009 Caused The Three Major European Powers To Awaken To The Security Implications Of China's Rise. China's Growing Assertiveness-and National Policymakers' Perceptions Of It-has Been A Key Driver Of Change In Their Policies Toward Beijing And In The Asia-pacific. To Substantiate This Argument, This Book Puts Forward A Unique Cross-regional Comparison. It Examines And Compares The Evolution Of Their Foreign And Security Policies In Two Core Areas: (i) Their Response To China's Increasingly Muscular Regional Posture In The Asia-pacific Through The Development Of Diplomatic And Security Cooperation Initiatives With Partners In The Region; (ii) The Measures That They Have Taken To Tackle The Security Challenges Posed By China's Inroads Into Europe's Strategic Sectors, And Specifically By Its Investments In, And Supply Of, Technologies In Critical National Infrastructures, In Dual-use Sectors, And In The Digital Domain, Including 5g Technology. To Do So, This Book Relies On A Large Body Of Previously Undisclosed Primary Sources, Including: 220 Interviews Conducted With Officials In Europe (berlin, Brussels, London, Paris), In The United States (washington Dc), And In Asia (beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Seoul); Declassified Archival Documents; And Leaked Diplom