China Reassures Asia: Rising Power, Offshore Balancers, and Hierarchy
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2005-04-08Metadata
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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesAbstract:
Why has China's continued rise not led to a security dilemma with the rest of
East Asia? Why does China communicate restraint, and more importantly, why
do the East Asian states believe it? Although realpolitik pessimists see China's
rise as inherently destabilizing, there is little evidence that the system is
devolving into balancing. Institutions are also weak in East Asia, and few
believe that economic interdependence by itself will solve the security
dilemma. The answer is also not the presence of the United States as an
offshore balancer. Only Taiwan -- and perhaps Japan -- clearly rely on a U.S.
security umbrella to balance Chinese power. Kang argues that China's expected
emergence as the most powerful state in Asia has been accompanied with
more stability than pessimists believed because of a social understanding
about China's role in East Asia. On the one hand, China has provided credible
information about its capabilities and intentions to its neighbors. On the other
hand, East Asian states actually believe Chinese claims, and hence do not fear
its rise as much as some scholars have predicted. This shared understanding
about China's preferences and limited aims short-circuits the security
dilemma.
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