China's Energy-Driven ‘Soft Power’

Yoshihara, Toshi; Holmes, James R.

doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2007.10.007

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“…However, there are other important components of power. There seems to be a dearth of literature in the comparative study of the great powers' soft power in Africa and the Middle East as studies on soft power often focus on a country case study particularly America or China (Nye, 2004a;Nye, 2004b;Gardels, 2005;Gill & Huang, 2006;Yoshihara & Holmes, 2007;Cho & Jeong, 2008;Ding, 2008;Wang. 2008;Hunter, 2009;Paradise, 2009).…”

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“…What is missing in their studies is a comparative analysis of the dominant states' power as scholarly analyses on the issue are often limited to a single country (dominant power) case (Nye, 2004b;Gardels, 2005;Gill & Huang, 2006;Yoshihara & Holmes, 2007;Cho & Jeong, 2008;Ding, 2008;Wang, 2008;Hunter, 2009;Paradise 2009;Nye, 2010;). This research seeks to fill this gap by examining soft power of the United States and China in Africa and the Middle East.…”

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Polarity in Contemporary International Politics: A Uni-Interpolar Order?

Tella¹

2016

Politeia

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i Declaration I, Oluwaseun Emmanuel Tella (Student Number 212561272), declare that: 1. The research reported in this thesis, except where otherwise indicated, is my original work.2. This thesis has not been submitted for any degree or examination at any other university.3. This thesis does not contain other persons' data, pictures, graphs or other information, unless specifically acknowledged as being sourced from such persons.4. This thesis does not contain other persons' writing, unless specifically acknowledged as being sourced from other researchers. Where other written sources have been quoted, then: a. Their words have been re-written but the general information attributed to them has been referenced; b. Where their exact words have been used, then their writing has been placed in italics and inside quotation marks, and referenced.5. This thesis does not contain text, graphics or tables copied and pasted from the Internet, unless specifically acknowledged, and the source being detailed in the thesis and in the References sections. Oluwaseun Tella (Student) ___________________ _______________ Signature _____________ Date Khondlo Mtshali (Supervisor) ___________________ _______________ Signature _____________ Date ii ABSTRACTReference to the structural impact of the emergence and resurgence of new and old great powers in international politics is common in the literature on international politics. This study has attempted to explore this subject matter by investigating the hard and soft power currencies of the great powers. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data to solicit dependable data on the subject matter. The researcher relied on content and historical analysis to for meaningful assessment of the research themes. The study is explored through the lenses of the balance of power and multilateralism. The study found that the emerging powers, most especially the BRIC countries (in particular China) are making conscious attempts to invest both in their soft and hard power resources to narrow the gap between them and the United States in terms of power resources and influence. The study also found out that the model appropriate to describe today's polarity must take into cognisance the major features of contemporary international politics which include the United States' relative decline, the emergence and resurgence of new and old players and the comprehensive interdependence that characterises international politics in the 21 st century. Thus, the study concludes by proffering that uniinterpolarity (a hybrid of Huntington's uni-multipolarity and Grevi's interpolarity) is the model that adequately captures the major features of contemporary international politics.

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Polarity in Contemporary International Politics: A Uni-Interpolar Order?

Tella¹

2016

Politeia

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“…Short of overt military involvement (which in the theoretical literature would amount to hard balancing), such cautious strategizing fits a behavior conceived as “temporal hedging” as worked out above. Moreover, China's leadership has followed a strategy of developing various military means to protect energy supply lines that stretch from the Bohai Sea to the Persian Gulf (Yoshihara & Holmes, , p. 123).…”

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Hedging in the Middle East and China‐U.S. Competition¹

Salman

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Geeraerts

2015

Asian Politics and Policy

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This article examines policies of both China and the United States in the Middle East. It evaluates the effectiveness of Beijing's strategic hedging behavior against Washington's “hard power” strategies by discussing several policy challenges in this region: energy security, the Iranian nuclear issue, terrorism, regional alliance structures, and the “Arab Spring.” The results of this study show that the gradual retreat of the United States from the Middle East coincides with a stronger Chinese presence in the region on several fronts. In examining Sino‐U.S. power competition in the Middle East, it contributes to the advancement of “strategic hedging” as a still underdeveloped concept in the International Relations literature.

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“…Most research focused on examining China's institutional arrangements for soft power, such as setting up Confucius institutes (Paradise, 2009;Yang, 2010), its soft power strategies in Africa (Ding, 2008;Fijalkowski, 2011), Latin America (Fernando, 2011, and South and East Asia (De Castro, 2009;Garrison, 2005;Lee, 2009;Pocha, 2003;Yoshihara & Holmes, 2008), or the roles of Chinese civilians in soft power campaign (Pak Lei Chong, 2011). Some examined China's cultural resources for soft power (Cho & Jeong, 2008;Wang, 2008) and special events as soft 196…”

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