This book analyses when, how, why, and to what effect China has
used its armed forces in recent decades to coerce other actors in
the international system. Over the past 20 years, China’s
international status as a “great power” has become undeniable.
China’s “peaceful rise” has included substantial investments
in military modernization and an increasingly assertive regional
posture. While China has not waged war since 1979, it has
frequently resorted to what the US State Department has referred to
as “gangster tactics” – threats, intimidation, and armed
confrontation – to advance its strategic aims. This volume
illuminates the ways in which China has employed its military and
paramilitary tools to coerce other states, and examines the
motivations and specific foreign policy objectives that China has
pursued using force short of war. The study presents new analysis
of an original dataset on coercive actions undertaken by China’s
armed forces, taking into account the political objectives pursued
and the environmental contexts in which these operations occurred.
It also presents a series of expert case studies addressing the
most consequential examples of China using force to coerce in
recent decades. The volume contributes to a more historically
informed, empirically based understanding of great power
competition. This book will be of much interest to students of
Chinese security and foreign policy, strategic studies, Asian
politics and International Relations.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Asian Security Studies |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
James A. Siebens
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-248183-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-248183-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781032481838 |
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