Oleg Prikhodko

• Occupation: Leading Researcher
• Affiliation: Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS
  
• Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Strained relationship between the United States and China attracts close attention due to enormous impact it has on security, political and economic affairs worldwide. Numerous volumes of academic literature consider the issue from various angles. However, analysis of the Chinese variable in the framework of transatlantic relationship, especially within NATO, has turned out on the sidelines of research work. The Trump Administration policy towards China has lately revealed a number of new elements and nuances, which testified an intensifying competition between the U.S. and China. Although key security priorities of the transatlantic alliance embrace Europe, increasing China’s role in regional and global issues will inevitably invade the agenda of the relationship between the U.S. and European allies, shaping their deliberations. Given Beijing’s unfolding activities in international security domain, NATO is likely to pay more attention to China’s military policy, closely monitoring SinoRussian strengthening defense cooperation. As some prominent foreign analysts believe, coordination of the U.S. and European strategies towards China is a potent tool that the West could use to steer the world order transformation in a desirable way. However, prerequisites for such coordination decreased because of a grave discord between Washington and European partners provoked by the shifts in the U.S. policies that President Donald Trump has brought about.