China's policy towards US adversaries
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2013.
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| author | Swartz, Peter Goodings |
| author2 | M. Taylor Fravel. |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2013. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/848472019-04-12T13:37:11Z China's policy towards US adversaries China's policy towards United States adversaries Swartz, Peter Goodings M. Taylor Fravel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science. Political Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-134). If the Chinese government is trying to reassure the US that China's rise is not threatening, why does China diplomatically support adversaries of the US such as Iran, Sudan, Libya, and Syria? This thesis shows that soft balancing against the US in concert with Russia best explains China's foreign policy towards these states. Economic interest and a number of other alternative theories, in contrast, do not explain the observed variation in China's policy. Critics of soft balancing have overstated their case; concrete instances of soft-balancing behavior are present in the international system. by Peter Goodings Swartz. S.M. 2014-02-10T16:53:57Z 2014-02-10T16:53:57Z 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84847 868230623 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 143 pages application/pdf a-cc--- n-us--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Political Science. Swartz, Peter Goodings China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title | China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title_full | China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title_fullStr | China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title_full_unstemmed | China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title_short | China's policy towards US adversaries |
| title_sort | china s policy towards us adversaries |
| topic | Political Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84847 |
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