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Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?

The aim of this paper is to project China’s emerging trend towards high-politics in East Asia that is ostensibly generated by regional geopolitical dynamics. Hegemonic transition, replacing hegemonic stability, may seemingly be activating the dynamics. There is almost an inexorable move towards hig...

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Main Author: Karim, M.A.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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DS Asia
H Social Sciences (General)
HC Economic History and Conditions
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spelling my.um.eprints.137122015-07-21T02:08:15Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13712/ Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia? Karim, M.A. DS Asia H Social Sciences (General) HC Economic History and Conditions The aim of this paper is to project China’s emerging trend towards high-politics in East Asia that is ostensibly generated by regional geopolitical dynamics. Hegemonic transition, replacing hegemonic stability, may seemingly be activating the dynamics. There is almost an inexorable move towards high-politics due mainly to presence of issues that are likely to trigger conflict, possibly a limited war. These issues range from flash points to populist nationalism, economic interdependence, and a competition for supremacy in the Western Pacific. The paper concludes by highlighting likely resultant hi-politics, action-reaction cycles, polarizations and alignments by arraying of forces, probability of a limited war, mutual deterrence, and projecting overall power relations. 2015-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/msword en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13712/1/JJPS-_China_Paper.docx Karim, M.A. (2015) Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia? In: 13th Annual International Conference on Politics & International Affairs, 15-18 Jun 2015, Athen, Greece. (Submitted)
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H Social Sciences (General)
HC Economic History and Conditions
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H Social Sciences (General)
HC Economic History and Conditions
Karim, M.A.
Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
description The aim of this paper is to project China’s emerging trend towards high-politics in East Asia that is ostensibly generated by regional geopolitical dynamics. Hegemonic transition, replacing hegemonic stability, may seemingly be activating the dynamics. There is almost an inexorable move towards high-politics due mainly to presence of issues that are likely to trigger conflict, possibly a limited war. These issues range from flash points to populist nationalism, economic interdependence, and a competition for supremacy in the Western Pacific. The paper concludes by highlighting likely resultant hi-politics, action-reaction cycles, polarizations and alignments by arraying of forces, probability of a limited war, mutual deterrence, and projecting overall power relations.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Karim, M.A.
author_facet Karim, M.A.
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title Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
title_short Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
title_full Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
title_fullStr Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
title_full_unstemmed Is China destined to play high-politics in East Asia?
title_sort is china destined to play high-politics in east asia?
publishDate 2015
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