china IR rev final sept 2023

James A. Milward Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, Hurst Publ.,
2021.
Xinjiang, the vast northwestern region comprising one-sixth of the PRC today, borders India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Since antiquity, it has stood at the crossroads between
China, India, the Middle East, and Russia. Today Xinjiang’s historic Silk Road linkages have gone global. At the same
time, the Belt and Road initiative and repression of the Uyghurs have drawn the world’s attention to the geographical
center of Eurasia. James Milward draws on primary sources and scholarly research in several European and Asian
languages to provide the first general account in English of the history of Xinjiang and its people from the earliest times
to the present. This volume could be read with Gulbahar Haitwaji & Rozen Morgat’s How I Survived a Chinese Reeducation’
Camp.
Michael Smith & Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira The European Union’s Strategic
Partnerships. Global Diplomacy in a Contested World, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2021.
This book aims to provide a critical analysis of the nature of the EU’s strategic partnership diplomacy and the
partnerships themselves in the conditions of the 2020s. It links with vital aspects of the Eu’s global strategy. It brings
together a substantial list of experts who work within a clear framework for analysis. It deals not only with the
substance of the policy but also with how it has emerged, is conducted, and might develop in the future. Chapter ten on
the EU-China strategic partnership is written by Andrew Cottey, The EU and China: Partnership in China & the World
changing times. The book calls for a strategy toward the EU’s Strategic Partnerships, provides an inventory for a shift
toward a plan, and deplores the lack of communication on the EU’s Strategic Partnerships. Instead of taking action
necessarily momentarily, the world has transformed by itself, and it is from this continuity effect that has proceeded.
The non-action opted by the High Representatives proceeding Lady Ashton has, in this sense, been somewhat effective,
taking into consideration hesitation and opposition to a new excellent power concert on a global scale. Thus, a multibilateral
policy review of EU’s Strategic Partnerships towards an EU-led international society is now very much
appropriate and tunes in with an idea of a new type of excellent power policy ( xin xing dagou guanxi), launched in
2013. The idea of forging an Amarna-like international society in the Middle East exists. Is a new world order finally in
the making?
Scott Brown Power, Perception and Foreign Policymaking: US and EU
Responses: US and EU responses to the rise of China, Routledge, 2021.
China has been known in the past to engage in perception management. This book addresses American and European
elites’ percept of China’s rise. In doing so, Brown examines the changing dynamics in the international arena since the
end of the Cold War. The analytical focus is on the changing perceptions of US-US policy-makers to the rise of China,
comparing the similarities and differences in perception, policy discourse, and behavior between these two Western
powers. Brown argues that China’s rise is a contested notion, yet its ascendency shapes policy preferences in ways
inconsistent with concerns over the threat of an impending power transition. Combining concepts and methods derived
from IR and FPA, the book examines the linkages between great power politics and policymakers’ competing
interpretations of key international actors and their impact on foreign policies. Decision-making processes and
outcomes are analyzed to this effect.
Nong Hong China’s role in the Arctic. I am observing and being observed,
Routledge, 2021.
China’s motivations and interest in the Arctic are linked and focused on achieving two main goals:: ensuring access to
commercial opportunities in the Arctic and building capabilities to enforce perceived rights and claims in the region.
China has styled itself a near-Arctic state and declared its ambitions to become a “polar great power” by 2030. China’s
Arctic research is primarily focused on advancing scientific knowledge – contributing to significant discoveries related
to sea ice composition, space weather, and marine life – these accomplishments also serve Beijing’s broader strategic
objectives. China has undertaken ambitious expeditions and developed world-class Arctic and Antarctic research
facilities. Its growing physical footprint in the world’s most remote frontiers also advances China’s broader strategic
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