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Florida International University

Department of Politics & International Relations

2019

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China's Hegemonic Intentions And Trajectory: Will It Opt For Benevolent, Coercive, Or Dutch‐ Style Hegemony?, Lukas K. Danner, Felix E. Martin Apr 2019

China's Hegemonic Intentions And Trajectory: Will It Opt For Benevolent, Coercive, Or Dutch‐ Style Hegemony?, Lukas K. Danner, Felix E. Martin

Department of Politics & International Relations

China's unprecedented economic growth led some scholars to conclude that it will replace the United States as the future global hegemon. However, China's intentions in exercising future global leadership are yet unknown and difficult to extrapolate from its often contradictory behaviour. A preliminary overview of China's island building in the South China Sea reveals its potentially coercive intentions. This inference is consistent with the analysis of those who prognosticate China's violent rise. Conversely and simultaneously, China's participation in peacekeeping operations and its global investments evince its benevolent hegemonic intentions, which are congruent with the argument of those who predict China's …


China's Hegemonic Intentions And Trajectory: Will It Opt For Benevolent, Coercive, Or Dutch‐Style Hegemony?, Lukas K. Danner, Felix E. Martin Apr 2019

China's Hegemonic Intentions And Trajectory: Will It Opt For Benevolent, Coercive, Or Dutch‐Style Hegemony?, Lukas K. Danner, Felix E. Martin

Department of Politics & International Relations

China's unprecedented economic growth led some scholars to conclude that it will replace the United States as the future global hegemon. However, China's intentions in exercising future global leadership are yet unknown and difficult to extrapolate from its often contradictory behaviour. A preliminary overview of China's island building in the South China Sea reveals its potentially coercive intentions. This inference is consistent with the analysis of those who prognosticate China's violent rise. Conversely and simultaneously, China's participation in peacekeeping operations and its global investments evince its benevolent hegemonic intentions, which are congruent with the argument of those who predict China's …