China’s fast-paced economic development and its rise as the global economic power house in the past decades awoke fears – and in part also perceptions of threat – among Western countries, especially the United States which has been afraid of international decline and internal weakening several times before. While trying to force China into playing a more responsible and constructive role within the international community (e.g. on issues such as climate and environmental agreements, nuclear weapons, international sanctions, etc.), the West also aims at containing China’s military, diplomatic and economic expansion and influence on a regional and global scale. Building on theoretical discourses and political analyses, this article examines the geopolitical power shift among the United States, Europe and Asia caused by China’s rise on the basis of empirical examples. The central research question addresses the consequences and effects of global power shifts within the international system (from the West to the East) for the transatlantic partnership on the one hand and the global position of Europe and the United States on the other. Thus, possible strategies of Western players for dealing with the challenges resulting from China’s growing importance and the impacts on international relations are described and analyzed.
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