The institutional challenges for the European Union in the face of the new chinese investment wave. Janus.net, e-journal of international relations. VOL13 N2, TD1 – Thematic dossier
Visiting assistant professor at the University of Aveiro, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences (Portugal) and at the Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations in the specific field of International Politics and Conflict Resolution. He is a Researcher at GOVCOPP - Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy. He is a founding member of the Observatory of China (Portugal) and the Center for Studies and Research on Security and Defence of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. Member of the European Association for Chinese Studies and the Association of Chinese Political Studies and the Portuguese Institute of Sinology; member of the Editorial Board of the Tempo Exterior, Spain and Rotas a Oriente – Revista de Estudos Sino-Portugueses. He is author of multiple articles and chapters of books in international journals, particularly on political, economic and social issues facing contemporary China. He is coauthor of the book Role and Impact of Tourism in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (IGI Global, 2020); Luso-Chinese Relations, from the 16th century to the contemporary context [in Portuguese] (IIM, 2020) and Xi Xinping – The Rise of China’s New Helmsman: the Man, Politics and the World [in Portuguese] (Sílabas & Desafios, 2021).
He holds a MA in European Studies from the Portuguese Catholic University and Postgraduate Degrees in Modern China (ISCSP/UTL) and International Economic Relations (ISEG/UTL). He has a degree in International Relations from Lusíada University of Lisbon and completed FORGEP - Training in Public Management for Intermediate Leaders in the Public Service (National Institute of Administration) and the National Defense Auditors Course (National Defense Institute). He is currently the Head of the International Relations Division at the Directorate-General for Economic Activities - Ministry of Economy (Portugal). He is the Focal Point of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macau Forum). He is a Founding Member of the Observatory of China - Association for Multidisciplinary Investigation of Chinese Studies in Portugal. Most recent publications: Pereira, R. (2022), “The Middle Kingdom in the Middle Atlantic: China in the Small Portuguese Island States”, co-authored with Duarte, Paulo A. and Tavares da Silva, J., in China, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe From sporadic bilateral exchanges to a comprehensive multilateral platform, City University of Macau; Pereira, R. (2020), "China e África: Uma Parceria de Cooperação Estratégica ou Uma (Progressiva) Relação de Dependência? A Problemática da Dívida Africana”, Revista Relações Internacionais, No. 65, Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais; Pereira, R. (2020), “China and the Portuguese Atlantic: The BRI´s last puzzle piece”, co-authored with Tavares da Silva, J., in The Belt and Road Initiative - International Perspectives on an Old Archetype of a New Development Model (Leandro, F., Duarte, P. - eds), Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
Ao analisar o quadro histórico entre a China e a União Europeia, centrando-se nas suas relações comerciais e económicas, e discutindo as consequências do comércio e investimento chineses na Europa, este artigo pretende analisar as consequências do investimento chinês na Europa, como está a desafiar a unidade europeia, a sua estrutura institucional e a sua política externa em relação à China.
