Dries Belet: Differing European and American approaches towards China have often caused tensions. This thesis examines transatlantic diplomatic developments surrounding growing Sino-European links in the strategic high-tech sector. Defence and aerospace are focused on in particular.
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Though the space race battles of the cold war are long past, Russia is now poised to challenge the US in a twenty-first century technological battle: satellite navigation. This $15 billion market is currently dominated by the US Global Positioning System (GPS), raising fears that monopoly control could lead to a US shut-off in a time of crisis. Russia hopes to introduce eight navigation
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