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Global Superpower: Chinese Foreign Policy Shifts and Elevated UNPKO Involvement By Alex Berge Bemidji State University Importance Eastin Points to a current decline in U.S. hegemony to consider the possibility of emerging powers gaining


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Global Superpower: Chinese Foreign Policy Shifts and Elevated UNPKO Involvement

By Alex Berge Bemidji State University

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Importance

 Eastin Points to a current decline in U.S. hegemony to

consider the possibility of emerging powers gaining hegemonic status

 Eastin, L. J. (2013). Legitimacy Deficit: Chinese Leadership

at the United Nations. Chinese Journal of Political Science, 389-402.

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Hegemonic Status

 Is achieved by a state who has the ability to coerce

smaller states to cooperate and support it in its leadership

 This also includes a degree of consent among cooperating

  • r subordinate states

 Obtaining legitimacy is a key component

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Legitimacy

 Military victory in a hegemonic war  Production of certain global public goods  Ideology, religious, or value acceptance among a set of

states

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Methods of Delegitimation

 Delegitimizing the current global hegemon’s international

authority and power.

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Putting forth competing values into global system

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Cost-imposing strategies

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Forming a competing ideology

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Accept the current hegemon and then undermine them

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Eastin’s Conclusion

 China is still emerging  Regional Power  Increasing contributions  UNPKO involvement- does it affect legitimacy?

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Chinese Foreign Policy Shifts

 1946- 1980 abstentions and involvement  Questions of ideology  1982 reform era: rise of pragmatism

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UNPKO Involvement

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

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Chinese Regional Influences

 Africa and Asia

UNPKO

 Shanghai Cooperation Organization  ASEAN

159 29 54 47 239 95 70 7 16 10 9 20 A F RIC A A ME RIC A S E A S T A S IA A ND P AC IFIC C E NT RA L A ND SOUT H ASIA E UROP E MIDDLE E A S T

CHINESE INVOLVEMENT BY REGION

All U.N. Chinese Involvement

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African Land Deals

China Activity in Africa

  • DRC: 7 million

acres for biofuels

  • Tanzania: 741

acres secured for rice

  • Zambia: 4.9

million acres for biofuels

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Conclusions

 UNPKO

 Regional Issues 

Reactionary stance

Does help legitimacy claims