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ELECTRIC DREAMS: INDUSTRIAL POLICY, NEW ENERGY VEHICLES, AND THE PERSISTENT ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CHINA
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-03)
The Chinese electric market and manufacturing base have expanded at a spectacular rate over the past decade thanks to a sweeping state industrial policy program. The costs and challenges associated with China’s approach, ...
Rising Tensions: The Effects of China’s Rise on the United States, China’s Regional Neighbors, and the International System
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-04)
The United States and the liberal democratic international system have remained largely unchallenged since the fall of the Soviet Union. However, scholars and policymakers have been keenly aware of any changes, both real ...
AMERICAN SEA POWER AND GREAT POWER COMPETITION: HOW THE U.S. MUST RESPOND TO CHINA AND RUSSIA'S GROWING NAVAL CAPABILITY
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-19)
American sea power has diminished significantly since the end of the Cold War. The loss of sea power relative to rising great power competitors risks the ability of the United States to adequately advance or defend its ...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF CHINESE AND AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ON SOFT POWER
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-29)
In the current geopolitical atmosphere, China and the United States are often involved in conversations regarding spheres of influence. This power can be referred to as a country’s level of soft power, and it is becoming ...
Data-Driven Assessment of Chinese Economic Influence
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-18)
In recent years, China has engaged in a long-term effort to erode US dominance in critical industries and thereby undermine US influence in important world regions. If unaddressed, this could result in a future in which ...
Assessing the Level of Institutionalization in the Sino-Russian Defense Relationship
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-12-10)
China and Russia’s bilateral defense relationship has strengthened significantly in recent years. The steady growth in Sino-Russian military ties has sparked a considerable debate in the academic and policymaking communities ...
PERIPHERAL DESIGNS: CHINA’S PURSUIT OF NEAR-ARCTIC STATEHOOD AND THE RE-SHAPING OF GEOPOLITICS IN THE FAR NORTH
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-12-10)
A rising China and a changing physical environment is forever altering existing Arctic governance systems. Using China’s emergence as a self-described “Near Arctic” state as a guide, this thesis advances a theory that ...
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING AND THE RISE OF A CHINESE MILITARY POWER
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-12-11)
This study answers the question, how does China’s participation in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations affect its military capability? To focus the research, this study examines the UN missions in Mali (MINUSMA) ...
THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN: HOW THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY EVOLVED FROM COMMUNIST TO FASCIST AND NEO-IMPERIALIST AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-08-13)
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has exploited the West’s, and in particular the United States, constant need for economic growth by expanding the market. It knew that using the freedoms and values of the West against it ...
On Free-Riders and Sovereign Default: The Rise of Non-Traditional Bilateral Lenders and the Resulting Challenges to International Debt Renegotiations
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-05-27)
Since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, new cross-border lending to emerging and developing countries has been dominated by ‘non-traditional’ lenders. As a result, defaulting countries at present typically ...