@article{2014:gareis:europa_all,
title = {Europa allein zuhause? Der U.S.-Schwenk nach Asien und seine Folgen für den „alten Kontinent“},
year = {2014},
note = {Is Geopolitics back? By visiting four important Asian states in April
2014 President Barack Obama gave new momentum to his long-proclaimed
pivot to the Pacific region. The gradual drawdown of U.S. interest in
Europe poses new challenges to the ‘old continent’ while opening
new opportunities at the same time. Europe will now have to carry more
of the burden of its own security. A European Union, however, that
takes the necessary efforts to overcome its foreign policy divides may
become better situated to improve stability and enhance peaceful
relations in its area of influence. A stronger Europe could increase
its political commitment in Asia, not only by supporting the U.S. in
its difficult task as a regional security broker, but also to pursue
its vital economic interest in the region, especially vis-à-vis a
rising China. The U.S. pivot is not about forsaking the Europeans. It
is a wake-up call for the European countries to continue the path of
deeper integration to eventually become a unified global actor. If
they fail to achieve that goal they might be ending up as an assembly
of marginalized political dwarfs.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {159--163},
author = {Gareis, Sven Bernhard},
volume = {32},
number = {3}
}