The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Conflict De-escalation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Conflict De-escalation write by James MacHaffie. This book was released on 2023-03-10. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Conflict De-escalation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book’s main objective is to determine the role, if any, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) plays in de-escalating tensions among its members. It argues that the SCO is uniquely suited to keep its disparate members, many of whom have border disputes with each other, from escalating tensions among themselves. The book proposes a rivalry de-escalation model that differs from the standard belief that rivalries de-escalate due to a shock or external pressure. This model states that trust can be built between two rival states when confidence-building measures are instilled and utilized repeatedly over a long period of time. The SCO provides these mechanisms in the form of annual summits between state leaders and routine military exercises involving military units from every member. Examining three case studies involving the founding six members of the organization, the book argues that the SCO is effective in keeping rivalries de-escalated among its members. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian politics, regional security, and international relations.
Interstate Rivalries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Interstate Rivalries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Interstate Rivalries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization write by James MacHaffie. This book was released on 2021. Interstate Rivalries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shanghai Cooperation Organization write by Timothy Craig. This book was released on 2003-09-01. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This thesis examines the origins and implications of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) established in 2001 by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It analyzes the organization from the Chinese, Russian, and Central Asian states' perspective. Chinese and Russian motives for creating the SCO appear to have been threefold. First, both sought an organization dedicated to providing security and stability to the Central Asian region. Second, both wished to foster stronger economic ties with the oil and natural gas-rich former Soviet republics. Finally, both favored stemming the influence of external powers, notably the United States. The Central Asian states' motives for joining the SCO emanate from security and economic needs. The increase in the U.S. military presence in the region since October 2001 has drawn no response from the SCO. Although some Russian politicians and military officers have criticized it, the governments of China and Russia seam to realize that the U.S. presence may help bring stability to the Central Asian region. Many uncertainties burden the SCO's future. It may constitute another failed attempt to establish a security alliance or turn into a significant voice in international politics, especially with the inclusion of additional members.
China's Use of Armed Coercion
China's Use of Armed Coercion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook China's Use of Armed Coercion write by James A. Siebens. This book was released on 2023-11-17. China's Use of Armed Coercion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyzes when, how, why, and to what effect China has used its armed forces in recent decades to coerce other actors in the international system. Over the past 20 years, China’s international status as a “great power” has become undeniable. China’s “peaceful rise” has included substantial investments in military modernization and an increasingly assertive regional posture. While China has not waged war since 1979, it has frequently resorted to what the U.S. State Department has referred to as “gangster tactics” – threats, intimidation, and armed confrontation – to advance its strategic aims. This volume illuminates the ways in which China has employed its military and paramilitary tools to coerce other states, and examines the motivations and specific foreign policy objectives that China has pursued using force short of war. The study presents new analysis of an original dataset on coercive actions undertaken by China’s armed forces, taking into account the political objectives pursued and the environmental contexts in which these operations occurred. It also presents a series of expert case studies addressing the most consequential examples of China using force to coerce in recent decades. The volume contributes to a more historically informed, empirically based understanding of great power competition. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese security and foreign policy, strategic studies, Asian politics and International Relations.
Chinese Grand Strategy in the 21st Century
Chinese Grand Strategy in the 21st Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Grand Strategy in the 21st Century write by Thomas M. Kane. This book was released on 2023-10-20. Chinese Grand Strategy in the 21st Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the state of China’s grand strategy in the 21st century, including political, military and economic factors. Over the past two decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has attained the second highest gross domestic product in the world, taken a leadership role in East Asian regional organisations and substantially improved its military capabilities. Each of these developments – and many others like them – have attracted attention from scholars, journalists and policymakers. Less frequently acknowledged – but perhaps of greater significance – is the impressive congruence of Beijing’s accomplishments. This book highlights how the PRC’s successes support one another and pave the way for future accomplishments, and how these successes seem to be achieved in an unusually coherent and purposeful way. As Beijing’s relations with the rest of the world continue to evolve, with events ranging from the ongoing global economic crisis to the turbulence in China’s own stock market which may bring the PRC’s government under pressure to re-order its priorities, this book assesses China’s grand strategy and long-term approach to national policy. It identifies the political, military and economic instruments it is likely to use, the key challenges which it will face, and explores the implications for the global community. This book will be of great interest to students of Chinese politics, foreign policy, strategic studies, international security and IR in general.
