Chinas Changing Approach to International Intervention

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Chinese foreign policy after the Cold War
• Actors and foreign policy decision-making processes
• Party and government actors
• Think Tanks and foreign policy elite
• Development of Chinese foreign policy after the Cold War
• Competing goals and motivations
• Regime survival, economic development, nationalism
• Image policy: China's 'Peaceful Rise'
• Conclusion: Muddling through
• China's approach to sovereign change
• The 'New Sovereignty' debate
• China's changing position
• Factors constraining change
• Traditional Chinese conceptions of sovereignty
• Official PRC historiography and nationalism
• Example: The Taiwan conflict
• Factors conducive to change
• Growing global economic and political interests
• China's international socialization
• Example: Flexibility in border disputes
• Conclusion: Mixed signals
• China's changing position on international intervention
• UN Peacekeeping Operations
• Definition and controversies
• Historical development
• China's changing policy on UN PKO
• Foreign policy elite analysis
• Conclusion
• The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
• From Humanitarian Intervention to R2P
• China's policy on R2P
• Foreign policy elite analysis
• Conclusion
• Conclusion: Limited progress

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This work aims to analyze the evolution of China's policy on national sovereignty and international military intervention since the end of the Cold War. It explores the factors that have influenced this change, including traditional Chinese conceptions of sovereignty, official PRC historiography and nationalism, growing global economic and political interests, and China's international socialization.

• China's changing approach to international intervention in the post-Cold War era
• The influence of traditional Chinese conceptions of sovereignty and nationalism
• The role of economic and political interests in shaping China's foreign policy
• The impact of China's international socialization on its approach to intervention
• The evolution of China's position on UN Peacekeeping Operations and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

This section will explore the main themes, arguments, or narrative elements of each chapter. The summaries will aim for consistency in detail and will not include summaries of the conclusion, final chapter, or any sections containing major revelations or spoilers.

Chinese foreign policy after the Cold War

This chapter examines the actors and foreign policy decision-making processes in China after the Cold War, including the role of the Chinese Communist Party and government actors, as well as think tanks and foreign policy elites. It also explores the development of Chinese foreign policy in the post-Cold War era, highlighting competing goals and motivations such as regime survival, economic development, nationalism, and China's 'Peaceful Rise' image policy. Finally, the chapter concludes by examining China's foreign policy approach as a 'muddling through' strategy.

China's approach to sovereign change

This chapter delves into the debate surrounding the 'New Sovereignty' concept and China's evolving position on this principle. It explores the factors that constrain change, such as traditional Chinese conceptions of sovereignty, official PRC historiography and nationalism, and the example of the Taiwan conflict. The chapter also examines factors conducive to change, including growing global economic and political interests, China's international socialization, and the example of flexibility in border disputes. It concludes with an analysis of the mixed signals China sends on the issue of sovereign change.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

This work focuses on key concepts related to China's changing approach to international intervention. These include national sovereignty, international military intervention, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), UN Peacekeeping Operations, traditional Chinese conceptions of sovereignty, official PRC historiography, nationalism, economic and political interests, China's international socialization, and the 'Peaceful Rise' image policy.