Explaining China's Contradictory Grand Strategy: Why Legitimacy Matters

This dissertation analyzed the internal incoherence of China’s grand strategy. To do so, it used the cultural driver of honor to explain the contradictory behavior of China, which ranges from peaceful, responsible international actor to assertive, revisionist rising power with hegemonic ambitions. T...

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Main Author: Danner, Lukas K
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2016
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3050
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3942&context=etd