This article looks at Chinese foreign policy through the lens of Social Identity Theory (SIT). It
aims to show how that approach can give us new insight into a whole series of issues …

How will China's rise to great power status affect its foreign policy and world order? This
article argues that China's future policies will depend on how it defines its identity relative to …

Regional security studies of the Asia-Pacific commonly center upon China's rise, leaving
other actors underresearched. Among these is Japan, whose ongoing reinterpretation of its …

Are the relations among nations inevitably conflictual? Neorealism and neoliberalism share
the rationalist assumption that states are self-regarding, but debate over whether states …

While much attention has been directed on the security and economic implications of
China's rise in the region, research on the normative implications of China's persistent …

What is China's international identity? How has it changed over time, especially since the
reform and opening up of the country in the late 1970s? How does China see itself? And …

This article examines the status politics in Chinese foreign policy and its implications on
China-US relations. The analysis of status recognition and the role it plays in Chinese …

In international relations in the West, two main approaches to Chinese identity have
emerged: the capability and the culture approaches. Though each takes a different view of …

The rise of China is a defining event in world politics. International Relations (IR) scholars
employ different IR theories to examine and predict the political, economic, strategic …

The rise of China is one of the key challenges to Western Liberal Order. What are the foreign
policy interests of China and thereby the implications of rising Chinese power? Following a …