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Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement

The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences still remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the field of international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa, EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of successful Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and, to a lesser extent, were jointly involved in seeking a resolution to the lingering conflict in Darfur.

This book asks how we can make sense as a whole of this relatively sudden shift in regards to the dealings between their respective officials on the topic of security risk management. It argues that the outcomes of Sino-European bilateral dealings on this topic are above all determined by the ability/inability of these officials to build political trust as a complex and cognitive social phenomenon. Consequently, the book applies an innovative conceptual framework on political trust to explain why EU and Chinese officials bridged their endemic political differences to practically cooperate on Somali piracy, but were unable to do so when it came to their interaction on Darfur. To conclude, it examines the longer term impact of this bilateral trust-building process by covering more recent examples of bilateral engagement in Libya and Mali and aims to show that although this trust-building process may be case specific, ramifications may go beyond the realm of their bilateral dealings on security matters in Africa, to impact wider issues of international security.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of African and Chinese politics, EU politics, security and maritime studies, and more broadly of international relations, as well as to governmental actors.

Benjamin Barton is currently a Project Manager for a consultancy in Paris, France, and recently graduated with a PhD in War Studies awarded jointly by Kings College London, UK, and the University of Hong Kong.

Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations

Edited by Daniel C. Bach

Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Politics and Sociology, Sciences Po Bordeaux

For more information about this series please visit: www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-African-Politics-and-International-Relations/book-series/RSAPIR

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Real Governance and Practical Norms in Sub-Saharan Africa
The game of the rules
Edited by Tom de Herdt and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

African Migrants and Europe
Managing the ultimate frontier
Lorenzo Rinelli

Africa in Global International Relations
Emerging approaches to theory and practice
Edited by Paul-Henri Bischoff, Kwesi Aning and Amitav Acharya

Regionalism in Africa
Genealogies, institutions and trans-state networks
Daniel C. Bach

Chinas Aid to Africa
Does Friendship Really Matter?
Zhangxi Cheng and Ian Taylor

African Border Disorders
Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations
Edited by Olivier J. Walther and William F.S. Miles

Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement
China and the European Union in Africa
Benjamin Barton

Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement

China and the European Union in Africa

Benjamin Barton

First published 2018
by Routledge
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2018 Benjamin Barton

The right of Benjamin Barton to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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ISBN: 978-1-138-91738-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-17874-5 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman
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To my wife Jessica, Mum, Dad and all those who helped me along the way.

Contents

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AFISMA	African-led Support Mission in Mali
AMIS	African Union Mission in Sudan
AMISOM	African Union Mission in Somalia
AOR	Area of Responsibility
APC	Armoured Personnel Carrier
APF	African Peace Facility
APSA	African Peace and Security Architecture
AQIM	Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb
AU	African Union
CAN	Canada
CAR	Central African Republic
CCP	Chinese Communist Party
CCTV	China Central Television
CFSP	Common Foreign and Security Policy
CGPCS	Contact Groups on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
CMF	Combined Maritime Forces
CMPD	Crisis Management Planning Directorate
CNPC	Chinese National Petroleum Corporation
CPA	Comprehensive Peace Agreement
CSDP	Common Security and Defence Policy
CSG	Council Secretariat General (EU)
DPA	Darfur Peace Agreement
DPKO	Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN)
DRC	Democratic Republic of Congo
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
EEAS	European External Action Service
EU	European Union
EUSR	European Union Special Representative
EXIM	Export-Import Bank of China
F	France
FCO	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FMPRC	Foreign Ministry of the Peoples Republic of China
FOCAC	Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

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