Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West

Ikenberry, G. John; Ash, Timothy Garton

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“…Clearly, national orientations boost a diffusion of hardliner stands in the public and leave little space for statesmen to compromise in negotiations, which is indispensable for dispute resolution. China's involvement in the world has been expected to promote its acceptance of the prevailing norms and rules and adherence to the existing international order (Ikenberry 2008; Tammen and Kugler 2006). The impact of international orientations was not as great as it is supposed to be.…”

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Public Opinion in a Rising Power: National and International Orientations among the Chinese Public

Zhai

2023

J. East Asian Stud.

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China's involvement in the world and its economic modernization are expected to lead to its democratization and adherence to the liberal international order. However, after several decades of development, the authoritarian system remains resilient, and China's foreign policy appears to be more assertive. The limited nature of scholarship on the public opinion in a rising power has prevented a better understanding of China's domestic changes and foreign policy. This study seeks to unveil the micro-foundations of the unexpected trajectory of China's rise by investigating the public's national and international orientations using nationwide representative survey data. The results show that international orientations had a very limited effect on Chinese popular attitudes toward domestic politics and foreign relations, while national orientations strengthened public support for the authoritarian system and China's assertive foreign policy. Intergenerational variations existed in public opinion in China, with the Xi generation showing a different pattern of political values than the preceding generations.

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Public Opinion in a Rising Power: National and International Orientations among the Chinese Public

Zhai

2023

J. East Asian Stud.

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“…With its economic growth and prosperity, China has gained much international attention. Yet, rather than praising China's rapid rise, international voices are replete with general suspicion and treat China as a threat or a challenger to world order (see, e.g., Ikenberry, 2008; Johnston, 2013; Mosher, 2017). Against this background, much research has addressed China's discursive power more specifically.…”

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China beyond China, establishing a digital order with Chinese characteristics: China's growing discursive power and the Digital Silk Road

Chang

2023

Politics & Policy

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This article examines China's discursive power, placing it in the broader context of China's increasing assertiveness in the global arena. I argue that exporting the China model farther afield is the key for China to exert its discursive power. The mechanism to do this lies in two essential and decisive auxiliaries that "flank" China's soft discursive power: technological development/innovation and the role of the Chinese private sector. Theoretically, the study adopts a tripartite framework to examine China's discursive power: power facts, shared rules, and social practices, with the help of the "affective sticking points" to analyze China's Belt and Road Initiative and Digital Silk Road discourses. Empirically, the article investigates the case of Transsion Holdings, a Chinese giant smart-device maker in Africa, to study China's discursive influences in Africa. To conclude, I reflect on the role of the private sector and the meaning of "China beyond China."

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“…The literature points to a series of factors, such as revisionist and pre‐emptive policies, military interventions, the fight against terrorism, and economic crises, that resulted in a functional decline in the sphere of international politics (Ikenberry 2008, 33–34; Jervis 2009, 203–05). The evident elements determined a disorganized and unreliable U.S.‐led liberal order and a simultaneous transformation in international economic policy with China's growth.…”

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Military Power Does Not Denote Capacity

Teixeira

2021

World Affairs

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The following study analyzes the exercise of power by both the United States and China in their confrontation for hegemonic dominance. Through observational and qualitative methods, an examination of the mechanisms underlying China's strategic statecraft and how it implements its exercise of power reveals its genesis and how it contested and controlled the order in Southeast Asia. Navigating through economic indicators, the research determines that the decline of American power is a myth, but it establishes a decline in its influence and prestige arising from its strategic and tactical choices. The study identified multiple systemic contingencies and political irrationalities for the non-realization of systemic unipolarity, resulting in a nonpolar world. It concludes that neither the incomparable military power of the United States nor the greater economic power of China has, in the contemporary world, fundamental comparative advantages for achieving systemic hegemony.

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Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West

Cited by 23 publications

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Public Opinion in a Rising Power: National and International Orientations among the Chinese Public

Public Opinion in a Rising Power: National and International Orientations among the Chinese Public

China beyond China, establishing a digital order with Chinese characteristics: China's growing discursive power and the Digital Silk Road

Military Power Does Not Denote Capacity

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