| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Asian Security Studies |
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Asian security studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- ASIAN SECURITY STUDIES -- CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- China as a great power -- Defining institutions -- Risks and rewards of institutional engagement for China -- 1) Promotion of external peace and stability -- 2) Perpetuation of regime and domestic stability -- 3) Reduction of the risks and costs of information gathering -- 4) Attainment of effective relations with other great powers -- 5) Economic development and security -- 6) Acquisition of greater prestige -- Why institutions matter for China -- 1 RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT -- Introduction: the closed door -- The long road back -- 'Jumping into the sea' -- Endgame -- Risks and contradictions -- Rewards and gains -- Conclusions: to whom the good? -- 2 FLYING GEESE AND RISING PHOENIX -- Introduction: large clubs, small clubs -- China and APEC -- Unlikely oasis: China and the Asian financial crisis -- Post-crisis APEC relations -- School's in: China's education within APEC -- Pass the spaghetti: The ASEAN-Plus-Three and other PTAs -- Community or hegemony? -- 3 CHIMERAS OR PEACEBUILDERS? -- Diplomacy revisited? China and changes in Asian security -- The origins of the ARF -- China and the 'Track II' connection -- Limitations to the ARF: the cases of Taiwan and the South China Sea -- Perception shift -- China and the Korean nuclear crisis -- Conclusions: the sociable dragon? -- 4 LABYRINTH'S EDGE -- China regards Eurasia -- Good fences make good neighbours: the origins of the 'Five' -- Demonstrating confidence: foundations of the SCO -- Fundamentalism and 'splittism' in China's backyard -- The 'black gold' variable -- The United States and the SCO in a post-9/11 world -- SCO cooperation and benefits for China -- The SCO's next role: cooperation model or chess piece? -- 5 SEEKING MODERNITY -- China steps out -- The advantages of institutions I: economic regimes -- The advantages of institutions II: strategic regimes -- Gains, losses, and Chinese power -- The eagle meets the dragon -- Reconsidering modern-day great powers -- Implications for international relations -- Scenes from a Chinese crossroads -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory. How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions? This new study explores why China has chosen to abandon its previous doctrine of institutional isolation and details how it is currently unable to balance American power unilaterally and details an indirect path to greater power. In addition, it includes the first major a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
International agencies.
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International Agencies
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international organizations.
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International agencies
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International economic relations
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024031
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China -- Foreign economic relations
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203018370 |
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9780203018378 |
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9780415365840 |
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0415365848 |
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6610244383 |
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9786610244386 |
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