Will China Change the Rules of Global Order?

Abstract

The multilateral order cannot hold if the power and influence embedded in international institutions is significantly misaligned with the real distribution of power. 1 As power and influence seep out of the U.S.-led transatlantic order and migrate toward Asia and elsewhere, who will manage the transition from the Cold War system to its replacement, and how? 2

Racial and imperial thinking in international theory and politics: Truman, Attlee and the Korean War

“…Although this critique is constructed mainly around the work of G. John Ikenberry, it is informed by analysis of other influential scholars (including , Nye (2004, Mahbubhani (2013), Chin and Thakur (2010), Tharoor (2012), Deudney, Mead (2007).…”

“…Such voices among liberal internationalists are found in Asia as much as the USA -in the works of Mahbubhani (2013) and Tharoor (2012). Scholars of Asian origin in the West, such as Chin and Thakur (2010), approach the question of global power shifts in much the same vein. Charles , despite more radically departing from the complacent hopes of some liberals, nevertheless suggests some retrenchment of US power as a temporary measure only, and lists a range of problems requiring US leadership -rogue states, humanitarian intervention, restraining nuclear proliferation -that as Anderson argues, there is a broad consensus among US and other liberal elites, around the past benefits and future necessity of the post-1945 system, suitably reformed to reflect "the real distribution of power" (Chin and Thakur, 2010, 119).…”

Chinese hydropower companies and environmental norms in countries of the global South: the involvement of Sinohydro in Ghana’s Bui Dam

“…The roles of economic governance institutions of the G8 and the G20 have been intensely discussed in the context of whether or not China can be considered a rule-changer in international politics (Chin 2008;Chin and Thakur 2010;Subacchi 2008;Payne 2008). Some even argue for the existence of a Beijing Consensus whereby China is leading the way in the advocacy of localism in economic policy-making (Ramo 2004).…”

Brazil in Regional and Global Governance:Foreign Policy, Leadership and UNASUR

“…6 Although the new institutional arrangements and cooperation programmes are still embryonic, they are part of a complex process where new ideas, motivations and material capabilities, affecting polities and politics, are emerging across the global landscape [Chin and Thakur, 2010;see also Cooper, 2016;Hochstetler and Milkoreit, 2015;Reisen, 2015;Abdenur, 2014b;Inoue and Vaz, 2012; for a critical perspective, see Ramos, 2013].…”