Description:
This book is one of the first to address China's role and influence in the Security Council. It develops a picture of a state struggling to find a way between the need to protect its stakes in a number of 'rogue regimes', on one hand, and its image as a responsible rising power on the world stage, on the other. Negotiating this careful balancing act has mixed implications, and means that whilst China can be a useful ally in collective security, it also faces serious constraints. Providing a window not only into China's behaviour, but into the complex world of decision-making at the UNSC in general, the book covers a number of important cases, including North Korea, Iran, Darfur, Burma, Zimbabwe, Libya and Syria.
Review Quotes:
"The volume provides a strong resource base from which both scholars and practitioners will be able to draw time and again". - Edith Drieskens, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Leuven International and European Studies [LINES], Leuven University, Belgium, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy