China's and India's regional power politics. The paper concludes that the explanatory power of these factors depends on the … particular context: in the case of Japan, China's militarily assertive regional role has invoked the most significant strategic …

situation of a "governance void" has led to uncertainty and conflicts. Thus the South China Sea has become a contested maritime … space and its implication for governing the South China Sea. …

China's foreign policy choices. It argues that ideas about what China's role as an actor in the increasingly globalized … international system should be, and about world order in general, deeply impact on China's foreign policymaking process. Taking the … North Korean issue as a case study, this paper postulates that China is currently engaged in a search for a 'new' identity …

This paper analyses changes in China's relations with socialist countries. It uses Chinese academic publications to add … of China's foreign behaviour. The paper starts with an overview of role theory, integrating Chinese scholars' writings on … images of ego and alter to identify the main patterns and frames of China's selfproclaimed national role(s). It argues that …

We assess the impact of China's bilateral political relations with three main trading partners-the US, Germany, and the … approach with time-varying Granger causality tests, we find that political relationships with China strongly matter in …

This paper examines political and economic dimensions of the Russia-China relationship, with an emphasis on Russia … occupies an important place in China's BRI. The current relationship between the two great Eurasian powers can be characterized … be dominated by China, as well as the Kremlin's insistence on status equality with China. In recent years there has been …