The United States and contemporary China-Russia relations : theoretical insights and implications / / edited by Brandon K. Yoder

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Soggetto topico: Diplomacy; Internationale relationer; Kina; USA; Rusland
• Soggetto geografico: China Foreign relations United States; China Foreign relations Russia; Russia Foreign relations China; Russia Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations China; United States x Russia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic Books
• Classificazione: 327.5
• Persona (resp. second.): YoderBrandon
• Note generali: GOBI; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- International Relations Theory and the Puzzle of China-Russia Alignment -- Scholarship on China-Russia Relations and the Necessity of Theory -- Application of Theory to China-Russia Relations -- Contributions and Limitations of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Typological Theory and Description of China-Russia Relations -- Measuring Strategic Cooperation in China-Russia Relations -- Introduction -- The Military Alignment Framework -- An Empirical Assessment of China-Russia Military Alignment -- The Early Stage: CBMs and Regular Consultations -- Moderate Cooperation: MTC and Regular Military Exercises -- Advanced Cooperation: The Growing Interoperability of Military Forces -- Conclusion -- References -- China, Russia and the United States: Balance of Power or National Narcissism? -- Balance of Power vs. National Narcissism -- Balancing Coalition? -- A Case Study in Cooperation: Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- A Case Study in Dissonance: Diverging Sino-Russian Interests Over Ukraine -- The Sino-Russian Anti-American Balancing Assumption -- Conclusions: A Fragile but Quite Robust Strategic Partnership -- References -- Partnering Up in the New Cold War? Explaining China-Russia Relations in the Post-Cold War Era -- Introduction: A New Cold War in the Making? -- The 1994 "Constructive Partnership"-Reducing Mutual Fears -- The 1996 Strategic Partnership: Driven by a Common Threat -- The 2001-2004 "Aloof Relations": Economy, not Security -- The 2010 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: US Threats Plus Economic Interests -- America's New Cold War with China and Russia -- Conclusion -- References -- Deductive Application of Theory to China-Russia Relations -- China's and Russia's New Status Relationship -- Status and Identity. ; Russia's Tilt Toward China -- China's Interest in Cooperation with Russia -- Status Accommodation in Central Asia -- Conclusion -- References -- China and Russia Contra Liberal Hegemony -- Introduction -- China, Russia, and the West -- Evidence -- Containment and Rollback of Liberal Democracy -- Beijing and Moscow Explicitly Call Liberal Democracy a Threat -- Better Relations with Authoritarian States and Actors -- Cooperation Against Human Rights Criticism -- Russian Election Interference in the United States in 2016 and 2020 -- Objections to the Argument -- Implications -- Works Cited -- The Paradox of Sino-Russian Partnership: Global Normative Alignment and Regional Ontological Insecurity -- Sources of Sino-Russian Global Normative Alignment -- Non-Interference in Authoritarian States and Information Sovereignty -- Opposition to the U.S. Alliance System and Its Extension into Asia -- Partnership Narratives -- Competing Elements -- Lack of Regional Integration: Explanations and Examples -- The Sino-Russian Border Regions -- COVID-19 and Sino-Russian Relations -- Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Inductive Theory Building from China-Russia Relations -- The US Factor in China's Successful Reassurance of Russia -- Effect of Third-Party Threat on Credibility -- Mechanism 1: Reduced Incentives to Misrepresent -- Mechanism 2: Increased Constraints -- Theoretical and Empirical Implications -- China's Post-Cold War Reassurance of Russia -- Behavioral Third-Party Threat and Credibility by Constraint: China's Reassurance of Russia Under Yeltsin -- Fundamental Third-Party Threat and Credible Signals of Compatibility: China's Reassurance Toward Russia Under Putin -- Implications for China-Russia-US Relations in the Post-Trump Era -- Conclusion -- References -- Bargaining, Nuclear Weapons, and Alliance Choices in US-China-Russia Relations -- Choosing Sides. ; The Bargaining Approach -- Bargaining Between Three Players -- The Nuclear Angle -- Conclusion -- References -- Sino-Russian Logrolling and the Future of Great Power Competition -- Background and Literature Review -- Logrolling in International Relations -- A General Model of Cross-Regional Revisionist Logrolling -- Do the Conditions for Revisionist Logrolling Exist Between Russia and China? -- Sino-Russian Relations: Logrolling in Practice? -- Bibliography -- Prescriptions and Predictions for U.S.-China-Russia Relations -- America's Growing Agreement on Countering Russia-China Challenges -- Context -- Russian-Chinese Relations: Status, Trajectory, and Negative Implications -- America's China Policy Debate-Bridging the Gap -- Hardening Policy Targeting China, 2017-2020 -- Recent Developments: Biden's Tough Approach to China -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion: Explaining the China-Russia Partnership -- Implications for IR Theory -- Implications for US-China-Russia Relations -- Conceptualizing China-Russia Relations -- The Centrality of the US in China-Russia Cooperation -- The Balance of Power -- Material Interests -- Identity -- Information -- IR Theory and Explanation of the China-Russia Partnership -- Predictions and Prescriptions -- The Durability of Sino-Russian Alignment -- No Half-Measures? The US Response to the China-Russia Challenge -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: China and Russia have grown progressively closer over the last two decades, yielding a China-Russia “axis” uniquely capable of challenging the United States and of revising key aspects of the international order. Although the scholarly literature has offered detailed descriptions and various ad hoc explanations of this trend, the Sino-Russian bilateral relationship has been the subject of very little scrutiny using rigorous theory, which has precluded the formation of logically coherent and empirically supported explanations for increasing China-Russia cooperation. Moreover, the cooperative post-Cold War trend in the bilateral relationship is puzzling for each of the major paradigms of international relations theory: realism, constructivism and liberalism. This volume brings together leading IR scholars from various theoretical perspectives, as well as theoretically-informed experts in Chinese and Russian foreign policy. The chapters develop and apply nuanced theoretical arguments to derive testable hypotheses for the cooperative trend in China-Russia relations. In contrast to existing scholarship, the book offers generalizable insights that both improve our understanding of a crucially important contemporary case, while also advancing IR theory in substantial ways.
• Titolo autorizzato: The United States and Contemporary China-Russia Relations
• ISBN: 9783030939823; 9783030939816
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910568291303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II