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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824003703321

Autore

Voskresenskii A. D (Aleksei Dmitrievich)

Titolo

Russia and China : a theory of inter-state relations / / Alexei D. Voskressenski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

0-429-23689-1

1-283-84576-8

1-136-76175-6

0-203-82204-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Disciplina

327.47051

Soggetti

International relations

Equilibrium

Russia Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations Russia

Soviet Union Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations Soviet Union

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

RUSSIA AND CHINAA Theory of Inter-State Relations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 Problems within existing Historical Approaches; 1.1 The scholarly depth of the field and the limitations of existing studies; 1.2 Points of discussion in the history of Sino-Russian and Sino-Soviet relations; 1.3 The theoretical limitations of existing historical approaches; Chapter 2 Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Dilemmas; 2.1 Limitations of existing approaches in political science and international relations

2.2 The need for an integrative approach in international relations and in Sino-Russian interactionChapter 3 Multi-factor Equilibrium and the Method of Controlled-focus, Structured Comparison; 3.1 General



remarks; 3.2 Specification of variables; 3.3 Core external and internal factors in maintaining equilibrium; 3.4 Conceptualizing multi-factor equilibrium; 3.5 System adjustment and the correlation between human interests and national (societal and state) interests; 3.6 Method of controlled-focus, structured comparison; Part II; Chapter 4 Tsarist Russia and Qing China

4.1 Persistent factors and specifics in the case of Russia4.2 Persistent factors and specifics in the case of China; 4.3 Tsarist Russia and China: the search for a stable equilibrium; Chapter 5 Republican China and the New Russia: Provisional and Soviet Governments (October 1911-October 1949); 5.1 The early stages; 5.2 The situation in the 1940s; Chapter 6 From Friendship, through Confrontation, to Normalization between the Communist Powers (1949-1980s); 6.1 Friendship; 6.2 Confrontation; 6.3 Normalization; Chapter 7 The Russian Federation and China

7.1 Structural changes, external factors and bilateral relations7.2 The implications of reform for the transformation of Russian and Chinese societies; 7.3 Possible future correlation of factors within a Sino-Russian multi-factor equilibrium; Conclusion: Prospects for a Stable Equilibrium in Russian-Chinese Relations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study incorporates elements from the disciplines of international relations and history to address key international and domestic elements that have shaped the interactions between Russia and China over time. It demonstrates how changes in the inter-state relationship were, and are, initiated. Controversial issues are examined through previously unobtainable materials from sources including the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation and the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Research of the Documents of Modern Histor