Soft balancing against the US ‘pivot to Asia’: China’s geostrategic rationale for establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2017.1357679
Abstract: ABSTRACT The existing accounts about the China-led multilateral development bank—the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)—have focused on the USA’s policy concerns and the economic and commercial reasons for China having established it. Two deeper questions… read more here.
Keywords: soft balancing; asian infrastructure; china; infrastructure investment ... See more keywords
Japan’s responses to China’s rise: Soft balancing in Southeast Asia
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DOI: 10.1080/14799855.2021.1942849
Abstract: Japan’s threat perceptions toward China have hardened over the post-Cold War period. This led Tokyo to rely more on overt balancing strategies compared with engagement and hedging strategies. While... read more here.
Keywords: soft balancing; china rise; japan responses; rise soft ... See more keywords
The EU's soft balancing governance model: origins, characteristics and prospects for the future
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiae265
Abstract: A series of crises has challenged the European Union in the 2010s and 2020s, but has at the same time illustrated the resilience of the EU governance model. This model is characterized by soft balancing… read more here.
Keywords: balancing governance; governance model; model; soft balancing ... See more keywords
Two-dimensional soft balancing in central Asia and the emerging regional order
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiae279
Abstract: The international system is experiencing economic and geopolitical power shifts, requiring scholars to develop a more informed understanding of emerging regional orders. This article examines regional balancing in central Asia, which has gained significantly in… read more here.
Keywords: regional order; balancing central; central asia; emerging regional ... See more keywords
Soft balancing in the regions: causes, characteristics and consequences
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiae286
Abstract: US decline and retrenchment is increasing the importance of regional dynamics across the international system. Over the past decade, International Relations scholars have described and conceptualized this development variously as ‘de-centred globalism’, a ‘multi-order world’,… read more here.
Keywords: regions causes; causes characteristics; balancing regions; world ... See more keywords
India's China strategy after Galwan: minilateral and multilateral soft balancing in the Indo-Pacific
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiaf069
Abstract: Since mid-2020, following a deadly clash between Chinese and Indian troops on the Line of Actual Control, New Delhi has developed a new strategy for managing its northern neighbour. This article argues that one hitherto… read more here.
Keywords: india china; soft balancing; strategy; new delhi ... See more keywords
Soft balancing in south-east Asia: inclusion over confrontation
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DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiaf178
Abstract: South-east Asian governments have long engaged in soft balancing—and particularly a variant dubbed ‘institutional balancing’—to constrain external powers and thereby pursue security and autonomy. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have occasionally… read more here.
Keywords: institutional balancing; soft balancing; east asia; south east ... See more keywords
A ‘Soft’ Balancing Ménage à Trois? China, Iran and Russia Strategic Triangle vis-à-vis US Hegemony
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DOI: 10.1177/23477970231152008
Abstract: The recent rapprochement among China, Iran and Russia reveals the emergence of a new, unexpected, regional strategic triangle with the potential to balance the United States’ dominant position. By focusing on the evolution of this… read more here.
Keywords: triangle; china iran; soft balancing; iran russia ... See more keywords