| ID | 082181 |
| Title Proper | Making the crooked straight |
| Other Title Information | China's grand strategy of "peaceful rise" and its Central Asian dimension |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Clarke, Michael |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article argues that China's foreign policy since 1991 has been guided by the evolution of a grand strategy of "peaceful rise" that seeks to ensure China's smooth transition to great power status. Moreover, it suggests that a strategic preoccupation with Central Asia has become an important expression of this grand strategy. Framing these arguments is a third overarching one that postulates that China's foreign policy in Central Asia is not only intimately related to the strategy of "peaceful rise" but also to a particular, historically and geopolitically informed narrative of China's "Inner Asian" power |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Security Vol. 4, No.2; 2008: p107-142 |
| Journal Source | Asian Security Vol. 4, No.2; 2008: p107-142 |
| Key Words | Asian Power ; China ; Grans Strategy ; Geopolitics ; Peaceful Rise |