The New Silk Road Diplomacy - China's Central Asian Foreign Policy Since the Cold War

Klappentext "With the collapse of the Soviet Union! newly independent states sprang up along China's western frontier. Suddenly! Beijing was forced to confront internal challenges to its authority at its border as well as international competition for energy and authority in Central Asia. Hasan Karrar traces how China cooperated with Russia and the Central Asian republics seeking to stabilize the region! facilitate commerce! and build an energy infrastructure. He also shows how this multilateral approach brought Beijing into direct competition with the United States! which views Central Asia as vital to its strategic interests."--BOOK JACKET. Zusammenfassung The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China! faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union! constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy.

Product details

• Authors: Hasan H. Karrar
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780774816939
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1693-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies; Contemporary Chinese Studies Series; Contemporary Chinese Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science