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- Title
Power and Risk in Foreign Policy: Understanding China's Crisis Behavior.
- Authors
He, Kai
- Abstract
The article looks at China's foreign policy, focusing on its patterns of action during international crises and examining two episodes, the 2009 incident between the U.S. and China over the U.S. naval vessel Impeccable and the 2010 incident between Japan and China over a collision between Japanese Coast Guard ships and a Chinese fishing boat. It utilizes the concept of prospect theory from behavioral psychology, comparing it to existing explanatory models for foreign policy decision-making including the rational model and the cultural determination model. It looks at how Chinese governments assess the risk of crisis escalation versus avoiding such risks by seeking de-escalation through compromise. Topics include political leadership in China and the role of international pressure.
- Subjects
CHINA; INTERNATIONAL relations; CRISIS management; INTERNATIONAL conflict; DECISION making in international relations; JAPAN. Coast Guard; CHINA-United States relations; CHINA-Japan relations; RATIONAL choice theory; RISK assessment; CULTURAL approach to organizations theory (Communication); PROSPECT theory; SITUATIONAL crisis communication theory; POLITICAL leadership; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA), 2015, Vol 130, Issue 4, p701
- ISSN
0032-3195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/polq.12396