Configuring the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Power, Interests and Status (Rethinking Asia and International Relations) - Softcover

Tsung-Yen Chen, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367638541 ISBN 13: 9780367638542

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Studying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) through the lens of international relations (IR) theory, Chen argues that it is inappropriate to treat the AIIB as either a revisionist or a complementary institution.

Instead, the bank is still evolving and the interaction of power, interests, and status that will determine whether the bank will go wild. Theoretically, the current shape of the AIIB will influence global strategic conditions and global perceptions of the bank itself, consequently affecting China’s level of dissatisfaction with its power and status in the international financial system and maneuvering in the AIIB. To empirically show that, this book presents the evolution of the AIIB, compares the bank with its main competitors in the Asia-Pacific region, and conducts ten comparative case studies to show how countries around the world have positioned themselves in response to the emergence of the AIIB.

This book presents critical insights for scholars and foreign-policy practitioners to understand China’s surging influence in international organizations and how China can shape the world order. It should prove of interest to students and scholars of IR, strategic studies, China Studies, Asian Studies, developmental studies, economics, and global finance.

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About the Author

Ian Tsung-yen Chen is Associate Professor in the Institute of Political Science at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367638541
• ISBN 13: 9780367638542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232