China as a Polar Great Power

ISBN-13: 9781107179271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 290 str.

Anne-Marie Brady

Opis

This book explores China's growing strength at the poles and how it could shift the global balance of power.

Recenzje

'Brady's fact-filled book is well-written and revelatory. It deserves a wide audience, for anyone interested in the future of either polar region will find it both instructive and interesting.' Jeff Rubin, The Polar Times

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Polar governance; 2. The Polar regions in China's national narrative; 3. China's geostrategic interests in the Polar regions; 4. The party-state-military-market nexus in China's Polar policymaking; 5. Evaluating China as a Polar power; 6. Cooperation or conflict? China's position on points of contention in the Polar regions; 7. From Polar great power to global power? Global governance implications of China's Polar interests; 8. The rise of a new great power.