🗓️ Webinar | China - A fragile power?
Join us on Thursday to discuss Beijing's economic weaknesses, & how the EU can approach China with greater confidence and resolve.
With @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @ruehlig.bsky.social.
🔗 youtube.com/live/0_-YwGV...
In a new online article with @MartinCatarata and David Francas, we discuss dependencies from medical supplies from 🇨🇳. The deeper we look into supply chains the more concerned we are. Find out more 👇👇👇 www.iss.europa.eu/publications...
'Beijing needs us as much as we need Beijing'
China is facing a deep economic crisis & needs access to the European single market more than ever. This gives Europe leverage - if it is willing to use it. @ruehlig.bsky.social explains ⤵️
🔗 Read the report: ow.ly/1p0650Yq7EC
Nicht nur Europa ist von China abhängig, sondern auch umgekehrt. Das sollten wir strategischer nutzen als bisher. Wie? Lesen Sie mein großes Interview in der ZEIT: www.zeit.de/2026/12/chin...
Die EU sollte Chinas wirtschaftliche Schwachstellen gezielt nutzen, um sich gegen dessen Einschüchterungspolitik und Deindustrialisierung zu wehren, argumentieren @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social und @ruehlig.bsky.social in einer neuen Analyse des @euiss.bsky.social. www.diepresse.com/20648110/so-...
Big big day has come. We launch my major co-authored paper with @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social today. Why China is more fragile than you might think and Europe could do more 👇👇👇
In January, we brought 20 leading next generation China scholars and experts from throughout Europe to Washington, DC for a full week of intensive dialogues with U.S. policymakers. In Friday's webinar, five of those experts will share their general take-aways from the DC meetings
💬 @ruehlig.bsky.social tells @apnews.com that Trump's Greenland ambitions and China's October 2025 rare earth export controls "have substantially contributed to a European understanding that we face two major powers that are not shy to bully the EU". apnews.com/article/chin...
Europas Abhängigkeit von Generika aus China ist immens. In einem neuen Stresstest zeigen wir die massiven Risiken für die Gesundheitsversorgung 👇👇👇
Looking for the Full Text of von der Leyen‘s State of the European Union speech? Here you go 👇👇👇
Poland is also not the only country where this happens with some regularity. Lithuania also has seen some drone incursions. (The number of drones this time seems higher though.)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Now asked about China and de-risking:
"Europe has been very open for foreign investment and tech, open for business. Covid was a wake-up call that in certain sectors we became very dependent on certain countries..."
Names medicines and chips.
Very good summary of @kajakallas.bsky.social points on 🇨🇳 at the #EUISS2025 annual conference @euiss.bsky.social 👇👇👇
A full house today for the HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social at our @euiss.bsky.social annual conference.
"Whether we like it or not, Europe is engaged in a global competition for democracy and freedom"
Priyanka Chaturvedi, member of the Indian parliament, tells the #EUISS2025 annual conference that 🇮🇳🇨🇳 will pursue more economic cooperation, but 🇮🇳 will avoid dependence due to colonial history.
🔴 NOW LIVE: High Representative @kajakallas.bsky.social takes the stage at #EUISS2025.
🎥 Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKx...
JR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social voices concern that the EU is not following up with action on the message 🇪🇺 delivers to 🇨🇳. Calls on the EU becoming geostrategic. #EUISS2025
Now on: HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social delivering her Keynote at our @euiss.bsky.social annual conference. Tune in: linkedin.com/redir/redirect…
#EUISS2025
Great to have you here, dear President Zelenskyy.
We continue our cooperation to achieve a just peace that respects Ukraine & Europe's vital security interests.
With the Coalition of the Willing in Brussels today, and in the White House with President Trump tomorrow ↓
europa.eu/!VwFhwJ
Quote: The pluralisation of the global AI landscape is driven not only by systemic rivalry among leading digital powers, but also by mounting political instability. — Clotilde Bômont & Tim Rühlig, 'Challenging US dominance: China's DeepSeek model and the pluralisation of AI development'
DeepSeek R1's efficiency & its disruption of US tech dominance paved the way for a pluralisation of AI development.
@clotildebomont.bsky.social & @ruehlig.bsky.social argue that for the EU, this will either be a security risk if ignored, or a strategic opportunity. www.iss.europa.eu/publications...
![Quote: China emerged from the negotiations with the US in a strong position and therefore showed significantly less willingness to compromise with Brussels in Beijing [during last week's EU-China Summit]. — Tim Rühlig in Süddeutsche Zeitung](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fwx4jzdj4fhgnw44aphg3hmv/bafkreifycl7aldawii7qd724u37pqlhnwwytfnt2yl6j7jjkgl6a44evku)
Quote: China emerged from the negotiations with the US in a strong position and therefore showed significantly less willingness to compromise with Brussels in Beijing [during last week's EU-China Summit]. — Tim Rühlig in Süddeutsche Zeitung
🇪🇺-🇨🇳 leaders often adopt maximalist positions and end up concluding agreements in not-so-key areas, says @ruehlig.bsky.social to @sz-dossier.de.
To achieve progress in strategically important issues, the EU must set clear minimum conditions for deeper cooperation. www.sz-dossier.de/tiefgaenge/c...
What to make of the hype around Chinese AI start-up #DeepSeek? Double have been raised of the technological revolution it represents. But its political impact is enormous, I argue with @clotildebomont.bsky.social in our new piece 👇👇👇
Quick take on EU-China (or China-EU) climate joint statement:
We'll do more of the same and we'll commit to make some commitments later.
vs. last joint statement back in 2021 - in which China stated that it was going to 'strictly control coal consumption (it didn't)
![Quote: Xi Jinping's decision not to travel to Europe [for the EU-China Summit], alongside other recent signals, made it clear from the outset that Beijing’s focus lies not on Europe but on the 'Global South'. — Tim Rühlig, 'Same summit, different stakes?'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fwx4jzdj4fhgnw44aphg3hmv/bafkreigh76q332tomceopemfj2utga6h43hpiurkymoxcz7r3aavv3bypu)
Quote: Xi Jinping's decision not to travel to Europe [for the EU-China Summit], alongside other recent signals, made it clear from the outset that Beijing’s focus lies not on Europe but on the 'Global South'. — Tim Rühlig, 'Same summit, different stakes?'
🇨🇳 #China may be realising that, despite transatlantic tensions, the core differences between European and Chinese interests remain unchanged, writes @ruehlig.bsky.social.
Today's tense kick-off to the #EUChinaSummit is a clear reflection of this reality. www.iss.europa.eu/publications...
Beijing sees Brussels as a serious partner partly due to its reliance on 🇪🇺 in areas like aviation and nuclear energy. But Europe's dependence on China is greater and growing.
💬 "Our starting position is steadily worsening," warns @ruehlig.bsky.social in Tagesschau. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
Zum 50. Bestehen der 🇪🇺🇨🇳Beziehungen findet heute der Gipfel in Peking statt. Gefeiert wird nicht. Auch Trump führt nicht zu eine Annäherung. Die Liste der Herausforderungen ist lang: Wirtschaft, 🇷🇺, Sicherheit. Mein Take bei @tagesschau.bsky.social👇 www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
What to expect from tomorrow’s EU-China Summit? Read my new commentary where I explain what is different this time 👇👇👇
To counter the Kremlin, Europe needs clarity.
What is Russia actually good at? And where is it exposed?
A thread ⤵️🧵 #UnpowerRussia
(5/5) With 6G on the horizon, 🇪🇺must learn from its fragmented 5G response. A future 6G strategy should prioritize network diversity, enhanced encryption, and reduced dependency on high-risk suppliers to preserve 🇪🇺sovereignty and digital resilience. shorturl.at/pTpRM END
(4/5) 🇩🇪 compromise reflects persistent institutional divisions and a reluctance to decisively reduce reliance on 🇨🇳technology, even in the face of geopolitical and security concerns.
