The European Union has no alternative but to build up its military and economic power as much and as fast as possible. European countries have long benefited from the United States' leading in Europe's defense and in global governance. This favorable condition is rapidly disappearing as the U.S. redefines its international role. The EU now needs to...
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The European Union must prepare itself for the fact that the US will favor coercion over cooperation in its economic war with China, write researchers Matt Ferchen and Frans-Paul van der Putten.
Frans-Paul van der Putten, a China expert at the Dutch think tank Clingendael Institute, said existing EU policies towards China were likely to continue following the elections, including continued pressure on Beijing regarding its trade with Russia, with the Ukraine war and growing US-China tensions having "a major impact on Europe's perception of...
The news refers to a dialogue between the Netherlands and the United States, in which the latter likes the possibility of turning off semiconductor machines. Van der Putten: "There are different interests at play. The U.S. government wants as many guarantees as possible. They find it very important that advanced equipment does not end up in Chinese...
U.S. demands that chipmaking giant ASML stop servicing some equipment it has sold to Chinese customers are a diplomatic and business headache for the Dutch government, but signs are it will continue to align with Washington on export restrictions. Although Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government is reluctant to make a blanket decision, its public...
Following media reports that the Netherlands-based lithography equipment leader ASML is harboring thoughts to move its operations abroad, the country's political climate, especially the recent electoral victory of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), has come under the industrial spotlight.
China is spreading its wings. For a decade it deploys a new Silk Road, one of the largest infrastructural projects in modern history. Should we worry about this economic expansion or are we benefiting from it? Nowadays technology has become the new battleground on which China competes with other economic powers. Will the dragon win the AI- and...
The big question is: Is the ACI applicable or not to the case of ASML – and the Netherlands? The motion filed by Volt in October was defeated. The Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinemacher also believes the instrument is invalid in the case of ASML. In her view, it does not involve economic coercion against...
The tit-for-tat cyberespionage between the US and China illustrates the danger of proliferating covert cyber operations. In a 2015 article for Clingendael Institute, Sico van der Meer and Frans Paul van der Putten argued that the US retaliation approach against major cyberattacks would be detrimental to international stability.
"It's impossible to know why he has not been seen, because secrecy is part of the political system in China and there is very little information when it comes to public figures," said Frans-Paul van der Putten, a senior researcher at the Clingendael Institute, a Dutch think tank. "What we do know is that this should be a very important...