This book explores how technological competition is linked to the geopolit-ical contest between the United States and China, and why Europe and the European Union (EU) have become involved in this competition for tech-nological supremacy.

China’s political and economic rise, the concurrent US withdrawal from the region, and the rise of new technologies such as 5G and AI create a new and more unstable geopolitical environment in the region. In addition, the EU, far from being a global player, finds it increasingly difficult to play a leading role. This book analyzes the nature of the ultimate goal of techno-logical competition between the United States and China and shows how and why did the EU become the center of this struggle. The author argues that the EU has become the new battlefield of the technological struggle since wealthy societies in the EU make this competition attractive and prof-itable to both the US and China.