Who Is Competing for Influence in Europe? | Dimitar Bechev

<p>Europe is no longer only shaping its neighbourhood. It is also an arena where Turkey, China and Russia pursue competing strategies to influence the continent.</p><p>In this episode, Wojciech Przybylski speaks with Dimitar Bechev, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, about his new book &#39;The Scramble for Europe: Russia, China, and Turkey Challenging Regional Order&#39;.</p><p>Bechev argues that Russia, China and Turkey should not be treated as a coherent anti-European bloc, as each pursues a distinct strategy. Russia seeks to revise the European order, China aims to deepen Europe’s economic dependence and Turkey seeks a more advantageous place in Europe’s political architecture.</p><p>How should Europe respond? Can it retain agency in an increasingly geopolitical era? Listen to the episode.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Introduction02:02 What is Europe’s regional order?05:47 CEE’s experience of power politics11:10 Three strategies for Europe: Russia, China and Turkey19:18 Europe&#39;s old (new) strategy of muddling through?25:33 What should Europe do?</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@visegradinsight">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@visegradinsight⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Substack: <a href="https://visegradinsight.substack.com/podcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://visegradinsight.substack.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Subscribe to Visegrad Insight for access to all our content, live and online events: <a href="http://visegradinsight.eu">⁠⁠⁠⁠visegradinsight.eu⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p>Use code VISEGRAD35 for 35 per cent off a yearly subscription: <a href="https://visegradinsight.eu/membership-account/membership-levels/">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://visegradinsight.eu/membership-account/membership-levels/⁠⁠</a></p>