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China’s New Foreign Policy

Military Modernisation, Multilateralism and the ‘China Threat’

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Authors:
  1. Tilman Pradt

    1. Business Network Marketing, Berlin, Germany

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  • innovative qualitative analysis of China’s foreign policy addressing
  • criteria of reputation management
  • pre-existing works on the ‘China threat’ discussion and offers new ways to
  • apply international relations approaches to the study of Chinese foreign and
  • Analyses the development and substantial shift of China’s foreign policy
  • Highlights the milestones of China’s opening towards forms of multilateralism

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: China’s New Foreign Policy

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 1-6

  3. The ‘China Threat’

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 7-14

  4. China’s Military Modernisation Programme

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 15-47

  5. Threatening Moves

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 49-67

  6. Strategic Considerations

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 69-87

  7. Assessment of the China Threat

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 89-107

  8. China’s Approach Towards ASEAN

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 109-136

  9. The South China Sea Territorial Disputes

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 137-170

  10. Assessment China–ASEAN relations: Indonesian Workshops

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 171-195

  11. Conclusion: China’s New Foreign Policy

    • Tilman Pradt
    Pages 197-204

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 205-208
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About this book

This book analyses how China overcame its meagre reputation in the early 1990s to become an aggressively growing military power and rising threat to the international system. The author focuses on China’s new multilateral foreign policy approach, ambitious military build-up programme and economic cooperation initiatives. This book presents a much-needed comparative perspective of China in terms of foreign policy, seeking to develop analytical tools to assess China’s motivations and moves. The author suggests that understanding China’s new foreign policy, its tactics in multilateral organisations, and approaches to conflict resolutions are elementary to grasp the new realities of international relations, particularly relevant to newly established institutions in the evolving Asian political system which require basic knowledge for analysing the politics in this continent. This book uses an innovative approach, a qualitative analysis of China’s foreignpolicy addressing criteria of reputation management, to overcome the perceived ‘China threat’.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Business Network Marketing, Berlin, Germany

    Tilman Pradt

About the author

Tilman Pradt obtained his PhD in political science at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His thesis focused on China’s new foreign policy. He is a supervisor and contributing analyst at the geostrategic analysis and business consultancy Wikistrat, and works as a senior advisor for companies and business associations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: China’s New Foreign Policy

  • Book Subtitle: Military Modernisation, Multilateralism and the ‘China Threat’

  • Authors: Tilman Pradt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33295-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33294-9Published: 28 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81479-7Published: 21 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33295-6Published: 17 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Foreign Policy, Asian Politics

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