The Experts below are selected from a list of 33459 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform
Zhongqi Pan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
contending logics of Strategic Partnership in international politics
Asia Europe Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Zhongqi Pan, Anna MichalskiAbstract:Faced with the emergence of Strategic Partnerships (SP), international actors have approached this new phenomenon in the international system through different logics of action. Such logics are tightly associated with the purposes that the SPs are intended to fulfill for the initiating actor. They also tend to reflect the worldview of the initiators as well as their perceptions of the major organizing principles of the international system. In this article, we investigate three different logics: the conventional, the relational, and the functional. These three logics correspond to the strategies of Strategic partnering of the United States (US), China, and the European Union (EU) and reflect both the dominant foreign policy orientation of these actors and their self-perceptions as major poles of power in the world. We analyze the construction of these logics by focusing on the relative importance that each of them accords to interests and values when setting up SPs around the world. We contend that an important conceptual gap exists between the major initiators of Strategic Partnerships, the US and China, which are both to a large extent driven by a self-perception as Great Powers, although the logics with which they seek to fulfill this role diverge substantially. The EU pursues SPs according to a functional logic which in itself also diverge in significant aspects to both the US and China. Taken together, the interests which dictate the necessity of Strategic Partnerships and the values which condition their feasibility form four distinct patterns of partnering: the homogenous, marriage-of-convenience, come-in-handy, and heterogeneous SPs. These ideal forms of SPs have distinct but contrasting implications for the structure of the international system.
-
role dynamics in a structured relationship the eu china Strategic Partnership
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2017Co-Authors: Anna Michalski, Zhongqi PanAbstract:In this article, we investigate the function of Strategic Partnerships as a new type of state interaction in the international system. We are primarily interested in the dynamics of Strategic Partnerships and to that aim we analyze the competitive role-playing that occurs in the EU–China Strategic Partnership. We contend that EU and China engage in competitive role-playing in order to enhance their position and status as global actors and to seek recognition of their international roles. The interaction between the EU and China is analyzed throughout four periods in which their role conceptions have undergone change and adaptation. The article claims to make a theoretical contribution by developing the understanding of social interaction in the international system by conceptualizing Strategic Partnerships as arenas (structures) in which international roles play out, and an empirical contribution by tracing the complexities of the EU–China Strategic Partnership by utilizing role theory's conceptual apparatus.
Richard Maher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
the elusive eu china Strategic Partnership
International Affairs, 2016Co-Authors: Richard MaherAbstract:In 2003 the European Union announced that it had launched a ‘comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ with China. This policy was intended to elevate EU–China relations beyond prosaic trade and investment issues to address some of the world's most pressing political and security challenges. Anything approaching a comprehensive Strategic Partnership over the past decade linking the EU and China has failed to materialize, however. This article clarifies and examines those issues that have impeded a closer EU–China alignment, and that hold the greatest potential for future discord in their bilateral relations. It explains how clashing political values, diverging geopolitical interests and priorities, and competing conceptions of world order has limited and will continue to limit the scope and depth of any EU–China Strategic relationship. EU–China relations are today, and are likely to remain, contested, uneven and—apart from trade and investment—shallow, and embody a limited rather than a Strategic Partnership. As China's economic, military and political power continues to expand, the EU will need a new conceptual framework towards Beijing. This framework must be able to facilitate cooperation on issues and policies in which there is real potential for mutual gain, but also manage effectively the inevitable tensions and disagreements that arise.
Mzukisi Qobo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
economic trade and development relations between south africa and the european union the end of a Strategic Partnership a south african perspective
South African Journal of International Affairs, 2017Co-Authors: Mills Soko, Mzukisi QoboAbstract:ABSTRACTThe relationship between democratic South Africa and the European Union (EU) has been in existence for over 20 years, with its roots tracing back to anti-apartheid support measures. In its earlier form, it was anchored in the Reconstruction and Development Programme. Currently, it is guided by the National Development Plan of the National Planning Commission. This relationship has been tested over time, especially as a result of negotiations over the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. In the meantime, the euphoria that marked new South Africa's participation in the global system, with trade and development cooperation with the EU as one of the cornerstones, has waned considerably. The cancellation of several bilateral investment treaties with EU member states has further strained the relationship. While there are notable successes in the EU–South Africa Strategic Partnership, these may not be reflective of the actual Strategic value of the Partnership in the context of global shifts and t...
Anna Michalski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
contending logics of Strategic Partnership in international politics
Asia Europe Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Zhongqi Pan, Anna MichalskiAbstract:Faced with the emergence of Strategic Partnerships (SP), international actors have approached this new phenomenon in the international system through different logics of action. Such logics are tightly associated with the purposes that the SPs are intended to fulfill for the initiating actor. They also tend to reflect the worldview of the initiators as well as their perceptions of the major organizing principles of the international system. In this article, we investigate three different logics: the conventional, the relational, and the functional. These three logics correspond to the strategies of Strategic partnering of the United States (US), China, and the European Union (EU) and reflect both the dominant foreign policy orientation of these actors and their self-perceptions as major poles of power in the world. We analyze the construction of these logics by focusing on the relative importance that each of them accords to interests and values when setting up SPs around the world. We contend that an important conceptual gap exists between the major initiators of Strategic Partnerships, the US and China, which are both to a large extent driven by a self-perception as Great Powers, although the logics with which they seek to fulfill this role diverge substantially. The EU pursues SPs according to a functional logic which in itself also diverge in significant aspects to both the US and China. Taken together, the interests which dictate the necessity of Strategic Partnerships and the values which condition their feasibility form four distinct patterns of partnering: the homogenous, marriage-of-convenience, come-in-handy, and heterogeneous SPs. These ideal forms of SPs have distinct but contrasting implications for the structure of the international system.
-
role dynamics in a structured relationship the eu china Strategic Partnership
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2017Co-Authors: Anna Michalski, Zhongqi PanAbstract:In this article, we investigate the function of Strategic Partnerships as a new type of state interaction in the international system. We are primarily interested in the dynamics of Strategic Partnerships and to that aim we analyze the competitive role-playing that occurs in the EU–China Strategic Partnership. We contend that EU and China engage in competitive role-playing in order to enhance their position and status as global actors and to seek recognition of their international roles. The interaction between the EU and China is analyzed throughout four periods in which their role conceptions have undergone change and adaptation. The article claims to make a theoretical contribution by developing the understanding of social interaction in the international system by conceptualizing Strategic Partnerships as arenas (structures) in which international roles play out, and an empirical contribution by tracing the complexities of the EU–China Strategic Partnership by utilizing role theory's conceptual apparatus.
John Kotsopoulos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
the eu south africa Strategic Partnership and global environmental governance towards effective multilateralism after copenhagen
South African Journal of International Affairs, 2017Co-Authors: Camilla Adelle, John KotsopoulosAbstract:ABSTRACTThis paper uses an analytical framework drawn from organisational studies to unpack and evaluate climate change relations under the EU–South Africa Strategic Partnership. The article finds that, while the EU and South Africa share a common purpose and high-level climate goals, many of the formal organisational structures set up under the Partnership to tackle climate change and the environment are weak and have fallen into disuse. At the same time several factors outside of the Strategic Partnership, such as South Africa's hosting of the Durban climate change meeting, have played a significant role in promoting climate cooperation between the two partners. Therefore, while the Strategic Partnership creates an additional opportunity for climate cooperation, it is by no means the only or even the most important instrument in the EU's foreign policy tool box for negotiation and dialogue.