Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad?
China’s re-emergence as a military power has generated debates within existing International Relations (IR) theories about China’s military deployments overseas. Offensive realism opine that China will deploy troops abroad to challenge the US’ hegemony in Asia, while social constructivism argue that...
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| author | Seow, Ian Cheng Wei |
| author2 | Dylan Loh Ming Hui |
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| description | China’s re-emergence as a military power has generated debates within existing International Relations (IR) theories about China’s military deployments overseas. Offensive realism opine that China will deploy troops abroad to challenge the US’ hegemony in Asia, while social constructivism argue that China’s military deployments are driven by its changing identities and interactions with the international community. However, this thesis observes that existing IR theories are inadequate in explaining why China’s military deployments overseas have remained low despite its improved capabilities to deploy troops abroad and expanding overseas interests. To fill this research gap, this thesis uses quantitative and qualitative analyses of China’s Defence White Papers to examine how China’s strategic culture influences its low military deployments abroad. This thesis argues that China’s longstanding security concerns about its periphery is the most important reason influencing its low military deployments overseas as it requires a large military to deter external threats to its security. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1697432023-09-12T08:52:28Z Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? Seow, Ian Cheng Wei Dylan Loh Ming Hui School of Social Sciences dylan@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science China’s re-emergence as a military power has generated debates within existing International Relations (IR) theories about China’s military deployments overseas. Offensive realism opine that China will deploy troops abroad to challenge the US’ hegemony in Asia, while social constructivism argue that China’s military deployments are driven by its changing identities and interactions with the international community. However, this thesis observes that existing IR theories are inadequate in explaining why China’s military deployments overseas have remained low despite its improved capabilities to deploy troops abroad and expanding overseas interests. To fill this research gap, this thesis uses quantitative and qualitative analyses of China’s Defence White Papers to examine how China’s strategic culture influences its low military deployments abroad. This thesis argues that China’s longstanding security concerns about its periphery is the most important reason influencing its low military deployments overseas as it requires a large military to deter external threats to its security. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2023-08-03T01:52:38Z 2023-08-03T01:52:38Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Seow, I. C. W. (2023). Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad?. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169743 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169743 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science Seow, Ian Cheng Wei Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title | Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title_full | Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title_fullStr | Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title_short | Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad? |
| title_sort | why have china s military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science |
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