Parag Khanna was a foreign policy advisor in Barack Obama's first presidential campaign. The political scientist is the founder of the strategy consulting firm FutureMap. In an interview with China.Table, he says Europe's sanctions against China are ineffective and merely a self-satisfaction of the West. To influence the situation in China in the long term, the West must remain present.
Mr. Khanna, in your book "The Second World", you vehemently called for Europe's emancipation as early as 2008. It should find its own role in the world and make its own decisions.About two weeks ago, the EU imposed sanctions on China for the first time since 1989. Is this the right approach?