ISBN:
9783658032722
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (151 S.)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Eder, Thomas Stephan China-Russia relations in Central Asia
DDC:
300
Keywords:
1991-2011
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Energiepolitik
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Internationale Zusammenarbeit
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China
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Russland
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Geopolitik
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Zentralasien
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Social sciences
Abstract:
As China rises to global power status, its relations with other major powers, including Russia, are constantly renegotiated. Energy figures prominently in both countries’ foreign policy. An extensive analysis of Chinese language sources - academic debate 1997-2012 - confirms a collision of interests over Central Asian reserves. While unanimous appeals to compromise render previous predictions of impending confrontation unconvincing, descriptions of Sino-Central Asian energy relations as “central to energy security”, and the explicit rejection of a Russian “sphere of influence”, also exclude a retreat. In the long term, China will likely replace Russia as the dominant force in Central Asia’s energy sector, causing the Kremlin to perceive another “encroachment”. The current notion of a “strategic partnership” will inevitably be challenged. Contents · Historico-Political Contextualization · Sino-Russian Energy Relations 1991-2011 · Neoclassical Realist-Perception Theory Model of Analysis · Chinese Academic Discourse 1997-2012 Target Groups · Researchers in the fields of international relations, political science, and area studies (China, Russia, Central Asia) · Practitioners in the fields of international relations, foreign, energy and security policy The Author Thomas Stephan Eder, LLB LLM BA MA is Research Assistant at the Hong Kong University Law School and PhD Candidate in International Law at the University of Vienna Law School, Austria
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Abstract; Table of Contents; Table of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Historical Background and Political Contextualization; 1.1. Hierarchy - Oppression, Alignment, Resistance; 1.1.1. Historical Antecedents; 1.1.2. Sino-Soviet Relations: Bolshevik Revolution, Honeymoon, Break Up; 1.2. Equality - Normalcy; 1.2.1. Normalization of Ties: From Brezhnev to Yeltsin; 1.2.2. "Strategic Partnership" and Common Opposition to "US Unilateralism"; 1.2.3. The Era Putin (I): Intensification of Economic Relations
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1.2.4. The Era Putin (II) - Medvedev: Georgian War, SCO-Leadership and Financial Crisis2. Energy Policy and Major Energy Projects from 1991 to 2011; 2.1. Setting the Stage: The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the End of Chinese Energy Autonomy; 2.2. The 1990s: Russia's frustrated Eastern Dreams; 2.2.1. Oil and Gas: Buyer's Market; 2.2.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Tentative Beginnings; 2.3. The 2000s: China's Patience tested; 2.3.1. Oil and Gas: The Age of Oil; 2.3.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Enter China, (Re-)Enter Russia
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4. The Financial Crisis and Current Developments: Sudden Solutions2.4.1. Oil and Gas: The Breakthrough; 2.4.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Awakening; 3. State of Research: Sino-Russian Relations Research post-1991; 3.1. Sino-Russian Relations: Politics over Economy; 3.2. Economic Interaction: Energy above all and ESPO over CA; 3.3. Regional Theatres: East Asia (incl RFE and Taiwan) over Central Asia; 4. Research Design - Theoretical Framework, Methodology and Hypotheses; 4.1. Roots of Realist Thought; 4.1.1. Classical Realism: Hans J. Morgenthau and Power
Description / Table of Contents:
4.1.2. Neorealism: Kenneth M. Waltz and the Structure of the International System4.2. Neoclassical Realism: Systemic Pressures and Intervening Variables; 4.3. Perception Theory: Perceiving Elites and Forms of Perception; 4.4. Theoretical Model and Methodology for this study; 4.4.1. Theoretical Model - Neoclassical Realism and Perception Theory; 4.4.2. Methodology - Analysis of the Academic Discourse; 5. Empirical Research - Shifting Sands: Bulwark against the US or "Coming Replacement"; 5.1. All Quiet on the Western Front: 1997-2001; 5.2. US Intrusion and Sino-Russian Defense: 2001-2008
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3. "Natural Relations" with CA and Chinese Confidence: The Financial Crisis and Beyond5.3.1. Sino-Russian (Energy) Relations: The Set-up (I); 5.3.2. The PRC and the RF in CA: The Set-up (II); 5.3.3. Encounters in the Steppe (I): Problems and Fears; 5.3.4. Encounters in the Steppe (II): Remedies and Expectations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Western Language Sources; Chinese Language Sources
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Literaturverz. S. [133] - 151
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-658-03272-2
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