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China and international institutions : alternate paths to global power /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lanteigne, Marc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:Asian security studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.