China as a polar great power /

China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in military, scientific and economic terms. The concept of a polar great power is relatively unknown in international relations studies, yet China, a rising power...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brady, Anne-Marie, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Cambridge ; New York : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Cambridge University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. Polar governance; 2. The Polar regions in China's national narrative; 3. China's geostrategic interests in the Polar regions; 4. The party-state-military-market nexus in China's Polar policymaking; 5. Evaluating China as a Polar power; 6. Cooperation or conflict? China's position on points of contention in the Polar regions; 7. From Polar great power to global power? Global governance implications of China's Polar interests; 8. The rise of a new great power.