China and conflict-affected states 鈥� between principle and pragmatism. China's approach case study

This case study identifies trends and patterns in China鈥檚 engagement with conflict-affected states

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
China, Nepal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka and Sudan
Document Type:
Case Study
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
First published:
1 January 2012
Authors:
Wheeler, T. and Butler, D.M.

Abstract

This overview of China鈥檚 approach to conflict-affected states is excerpted from a full-length report published by Saferworld that focuses on China鈥檚 role in 3 contexts: Sri Lanka, Nepal and South Sudan 鈥� Sudan. Broadly surveying Chinese foreign policy principles and praxis, this case study identifies trends and patterns in China鈥檚 engagement with conflict-affected states, discerning here an evolving, though chiefly pragmatic orientation, balancing 鈥渙fficial rhetorical rigidity鈥� with 鈥渓imited flexibility鈥�.

Citation

Butler, D.M.; Wheeler, T. China and conflict-affected states 鈥� between principle and pragmatism. China鈥檚 approach case study. Saferworld, (2012) 20 pp.

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