China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security (Routledge Contemporary China Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415666465 ISBN 13: 9780415666466

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

China’s recent rapid economic growth has drawn global attention to its foreign policy, which increasingly has had an impact on world politics. In contrast with China’s long-standing preference for bilateralism or unilateralism in foreign policy, recent decades have seen changes in the PRC’s attitude and in its declaratory and operational policies, with a trend toward the accepting and advocating of multilateralism in international affairs. Whilst China’s involvement has been primarily in the economic arena, for example, participation in the World Trade Organization and ASEAN Plus Three, it has more recently expanded into international security institutions, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

This book records, analyzes, and attempts to conceptualize, this phenomenal development in Chinese foreign policy and its impact on international relations, with the emphasis on China’s active participation in multilaterally-oriented regional security regimes. Written by an impressive team of international scholars, this book is the first collective effort in the field of China studies and international relations to look at China’s recent turn to multilateralism in foreign affairs. It will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese politics and foreign policy, security studies and international relations.

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About the Author

Helen Lansdowne is Assistant Director at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, and also lectures at the University of Victoria and at Camosun College.

Guoguang Wu holds Chair in China and Asia-Pacific Relations at University of Victoria, where he is also Associate Professor of Political Science and History.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415666465
• ISBN 13: 9780415666466
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Wu Guoguang