Chinese Foreign Relations With Weak Peripheral States

Author : Jeffrey Reeves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317486503

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Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States by Jeffrey Reeves Pdf

This book examines China’s relations with its weak peripheral states through the theoretical lens of structural power and structural violence. China’s foreign policy concepts toward its weak neighbouring states, such as the ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy, are premised on the assumption that economic exchange and a commitment to common development are the most effective means of ensuring stability on its borders. This book, however, argues that China’s overreliance on economic exchange as the basis for its bilateral relations contains inherently self-defeating qualities that have contributed and can further contribute to instability and insecurity within China’s periphery. Unequal economic exchange between China and its weak neighbours results in Chinese influence over the state’s domestic institutions, what this book refers to as ‘structural power’. Chinese structural power, in turn, can undermine the state’s development, contribute to social unrest, and exacerbate existing state/society tensions—what this book refers to as ‘structural violence’. For China, such outcomes lead to instability within its peripheral environment and raise its vulnerability to security threats stemming from nationalism, separatism, terrorism, transnational organised crime, and drug trafficking, among others. This book explores the causality between China’s economically-reliant foreign policy and insecurity in its weak peripheral states and considers the implications for China’s security environment and foreign policy. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese politics, Asian security studies, international political economy and IR in general.

Author : Denny Roy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 084769013X

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China's Foreign Relations by Denny Roy Pdf

In this timely text, Denny Roy shows how the drive for security and power underlying Chinese foreign policy is reinforced by other important factors, including China's internal political struggles and unique, historically driven perceptions of international affairs. Providing a wide-ranging assessment of China's foreign policy, the author explores the PRC's relationships with key international organizations and countries, including the United States, Japan, Russia, Korea, India, and the Southeast Asian states.

Author : Allen Carlson,Xiao Ren
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739150252

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New Frontiers in China's Foreign Relations by Allen Carlson,Xiao Ren Pdf

This book stands as a rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China's rise. In place of parsimonious arguments, or an endorsement of any singular set of images (whether pacific or confrontational), it repeatedly calls attention to the remarkable complexity of China's emerging international profile. More specifically, the leading Chinese and American scholars working in the fields of Chinese foreign policy, international political economy, and national security, who contributed to this volume argue that while China appears to be entering a new era in its relationship with the outside world, such a development encompasses disparate, even contradictory, policies, and, as a result, there is a great deal of fluidity within China's place in world politics.

Author : Thomas W. Robinson,David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198290160

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Chinese Foreign Policy by Thomas W. Robinson,David L. Shambaugh Pdf

This study of Chinese foreign policy is intended for academics and graduates of Chinese studies and of international relations, international economics and those interested in decision-making theory.

Author : Harold C. Hinton
Publisher : Midland Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015008691324

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China's Turbulent Quest by Harold C. Hinton Pdf

Author : Kevin G. Cai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-26
Category : China
ISBN : 0367203294

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China's Foreign Policy Since 1949 by Kevin G. Cai Pdf

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis and overview of China's foreign policy since 1949. It starts with constructing an analytical framework for explaining Chinese foreign policy and then, on the basis of that, outlines and analyzes over time developments in different areas of foreign policy - such as security policy, international economic policy and policy toward multilateralism - and foreign policy toward different areas of the world - such as the United States, East Asia, Europe and developing countries. The book also examines decision making in Chinese foreign policy, discusses issues of current concern including maritime disputes, Xi Jinping's more assertive approach to foreign policy, the One Belt One Road initiative, and the trade war with the United States. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of the three phases of China's foreign policy since 1949 and provides a brief assessment of how China's foreign policy is likely to develop going forward.

Author : Geeta Kochhar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : China
ISBN : 1138346462

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China's Foreign Relations and Security Dimensions by Geeta Kochhar Pdf

"China is the worlds second largest economy and a key player in world politics. This book looks at Chinas foreign policy from a macro perspective. It analyses Chinas peripheral and regional policy as well as its relations with other major powers India and Russia. It offers insight into the historical security concerns of China and the linkages of internal domestic issues with external diplomacy which reshape its relations with neighbouring countries. The volume also examines President Xi Jinpings foreign policy orientations and aspirations for future. In face of growing global concern on Chinas hegemonic ambitions in the region, the book gauges the tensions between China and Japan in the South China Sea as well as the apprehensions of several smaller Asian countries that may perceive Chinas strategic and geo-economic advantages and military strength as a threat. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of China studies, politics, foreign policy, international relations, military and strategic studies, defence and security studies, area studies, and political studies."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Markus B. Liegl
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315529325

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China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs by Markus B. Liegl Pdf

This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs. How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by examining why China has resorted to using military force in the past. Utilizing fresh theoretical insights on the causes of interstate war and employing a sophisticated methodological framework, the book provides detailed analyses of China’s intervention in the Korean War, the Sino-Indian War, China’s border clashes with the Soviet Union and the Sino-Vietnamese War. It argues that China did not employ military force in these wars for the sake of national security or because of material issues under contestation, as frequently claimed. Rather, the book’s findings strongly suggest that considerations about China’s international status and relative standing are the principal reasons for China’s decision to engage in military force in these instances. When reflecting the study’s central insight back onto China’s contemporary territorial conflicts and problematic bilateral relationships, it is argued that the People’s Republic is still a status-seeking and thus highly status-sensitive actor. As a result, China’s status ambitions should be very carefully observed and well taken into account when interacting with the PRC. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese foreign policy, Asian politics, military and strategic studies and IR in general.

Author : Barry Buzan,Yongjin Zhang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107077478

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Contesting International Society in East Asia by Barry Buzan,Yongjin Zhang Pdf

This book asks whether a regional international society exists in East Asia and why its existence matters to both regional and global orders.

Author : Sumit Ganguly,Andrew Scobell,Joseph Chinyong Liow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315455631

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The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies by Sumit Ganguly,Andrew Scobell,Joseph Chinyong Liow Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies provides a detailed exploration of security dynamics in the three distinct subregions that comprise Asia, and also bridges the study of these regions by exploring the geopolitical links between each of them. The Handbook is divided into four geographical parts: Part I: Northeast Asia Part II: South Asia Part III: Southeast Asia Part IV: Cross-regional Issues This fully revised and updated second edition addresses the significant developments which have taken place in Asia since the first edition appeared in 2009. It examines these developments at both regional and national levels, including the conflict surrounding the South China Sea, the long-standing Sino-Indian border dispute, and Pakistan’s investment in tactical nuclear weapons, amongst many others. This book will be of great interest to students of Asian politics, security studies, war and conflict studies, foreign policy and international relations generally.

Author : Moritz Pieper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781838601355

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The Making of Eurasia by Moritz Pieper Pdf

The Making of Eurasia investigates the multi-layered spectrum of China and Russia's Eurasian policies towards each other, ranging from competition to cooperation, as well as the role of regional actors in between. The book examines the impact of and responses to the dynamic Sino-Russian interaction in the wake of China's Belt and Road initiative, focusing on the selected case studies of Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan, but also on inter-regional implications across the Eurasian space. With China's imprint on inter-regional politics and ambition to make a distinctive Chinese contribution to 'globalization' and Russia's vision of a 'Greater Eurasia' in which Moscow stakes out a place for itself as an indispensable power, other regional actors adopt policies that respond to and co-shape the resulting centrifugal forces. Meanwhile, power shifts are underway on a global plane, as the normative divide between Russia and the West has widened, and as the Sino-American rivalry is intensifying. The book therefore also sheds light on the effects of Eurasian power shifts on global governance in a context where global 'leadership' is contested, and in which the US and Europe are re-defining their relationship not only towards a self-confident China but also towards each other. As such, this study will provide valuable insight for students and scholars of Eurasian Asia Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, and International Relations at large.

Author : James M. Dorsey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319643557

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China and the Middle East by James M. Dorsey Pdf

This book explores China’s significant economic and security interests in the Middle East and South Asia. To protect its economic and security interests, China is increasingly forced to compromise its long-held foreign policy and defence principles, which include insistence on non-interference in the domestic affairs of others, refusal to envision a foreign military presence, and focus on the development of mutually beneficial economic and commercial relations. The volume shows that China’s need to redefine requirements for the safeguarding of its national interests positioned the country as a regional player in competitive cooperation with the United States and the dominant external actor in the region. The project would be ideal for scholarly audiences interested in Regional Politics, China, South Asia, the Middle East, and economic and security studies.

Author : Van Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300257281

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Pacific Power Paradox by Van Jackson Pdf

A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America's paradoxical role After more than a century of recurring conflict, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have managed something remarkable: avoiding war among nations. Since 1979, Asia has endured threats, near-miss crises, and nuclear proliferation but no interstate war. How fragile is this "Asian peace," and what is America's role in it? Van Jackson argues that because Washington takes for granted that the United States is a force for good, successive presidencies have failed to see how their statecraft impedes more durable forms of security and inadvertently embrittles peace. At times, the United States has been the region's bulwark against instability, but America has been a threat to Asian peace as much as it has been its guarantor. By grappling with how America fits into the Asian story, Jackson shows how regional stability has diminished because of U.S. choices, and why America's margin for geopolitical error is less now than ever before.

Author : Jeffrey Reeves,Jeffrey Hornung,Kerry Lynn Nankivell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315436326

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Chinese-Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex by Jeffrey Reeves,Jeffrey Hornung,Kerry Lynn Nankivell Pdf

This volume examines contemporary diplomatic, economic, and security competition between China and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region. The book outlines the role that Sino-Japanese competition plays in East Asian security, an area of study largely overlooked in contemporary writing on Asian security, which tends to focus on US–China relations and/or US hegemony in Asia. The volume focuses on Chinese and Japanese foreign policy under President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and regional security dynamics within and between Asian states/institutions since 2012. It employs regional security complex theory as a theoretical framework to view Chinese and Japanese competition in the Asian region. In doing so, the volume draws on a "levels of analysis" approach to demonstrate the value in looking at security in the Asia-Pacific from a regional rather than global perspective. The vast majority of existing research on the region’s security tends to focus on great power relations and treats Asia as a sub-region within the larger global security architecture. In contrast, this volume shows how competition between the two largest Asian economies shapes East Asia’s security environment and drives security priorities across Asia’s sub-regions. As such, this collection provides an important contribution to discussion on security in Asia; one with potential to influence both political and military policy makers, security practitioners, and scholars. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian politics, regional security, diplomacy, and international relations.

Author : James Reilly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197526354

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Orchestration by James Reilly Pdf

The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the "commanding heights" of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration. Drawing upon extensive field research across Asia and Europe, Orchestration traces the origins, operations, and effectiveness of China's economic statecraft. In this book, James Reilly examines the ideas and institutions at the heart of China's approach to economic statecraft, and assesses Beijing's orchestration in four cases: Myanmar, North Korea, Western Europe, and Central/Eastern Europe. China's unique experience as a planned economy, and then a developmental state, all under a single Leninist party, left Chinese leaders with unchallenged authority over their economy. However, despite successfully mobilizing companies, banks, and local officials to rapidly expand trade and investment abroad, Chinese leaders largely failed to influence key policy decisions overseas. For countries around the world, economic engagement with China thus yields more benefits with fewer costs than generally assumed. Orchestration engages three central questions. First, why does China deploy economic statecraft in this particular fashion? Secondly, when is China's economic statecraft most effective? Finally, what can the China case tell us about economic statecraft more broadly? The findings show how China uses economic resources to exert influence abroad and identify when Beijing is most effective. By exploring the domestic drivers of China's economic statecraft, this book helps launch a new research field: the comparative study of economic statecraft.