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Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 20:55 07 June 2016 Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 20:55 07 June 2016 Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States This book examines China’s relations with its weak peripheral states through the theoretical lens of structural power and structural violence. China’s foreign policy concepts toward its weak neighbouring states, such as the ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy, are premised on the assumption that eco- nomic exchange and a commitment to common development are the most effec- tive means of ensuring stability on its borders. This book, however, argues that China’s over-reliance on economic exchange as the basis for its bilateral relations contains inherently self-defeating qualities that have contributed and can further contribute to instability and insecurity within China’s periphery. Unequal eco- nomic exchange between China and its weak neighbours results in Chinese influ- ence over the state’s domestic institutions, what this book refers to as ‘structural power’. Chinese structural power, in turn, can undermine the state’s development, contribute to social unrest, and exacerbate existing state/society tensions – what this book refers to as ‘structural violence’. For China, such outcomes lead to instability within its peripheral environment and raise its vulnerability to security threats stemming from nationalism, separatism, terrorism, transnational organ- ised crime, and drug trafficking, among others. This book explores the causality between China’s economically-reliant foreign policy and insecurity in its weak peripheral states and considers the implications for China’s security environment and foreign policy. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese politics, Asian secu- rity studies, international political economy, and IR in general. Jeffrey Reeves is Associate Professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Secu- Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 20:55 07 June 2016 rity Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, and has a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is co-author of Non-traditional Security in East Asia: A Regime Approach (2015, with Ramon Pacheco-Pardo). Asian Security Studies Series Editors: Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University, Bloomington, Andrew Scobell, Research and Development (RAND) Corporation, Santa Monica, and Joseph Chinyong Liow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Few regions of the world are fraught with as many security questions as Asia. Within this region it is possible to study great power rivalries, irredentist conflicts, nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation, secessionist movements, ethnoreligious conflicts, and interstate wars. 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Kastner Multilateral Asian Security Architecture Non-ASEAN stakeholders See Seng Tan Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States Asymmetrical economic power and insecurity Jeffrey Reeves Democratic Transition and Security in Pakistan Edited by Shaun Gregory Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 20:55 07 June 2016 Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States Asymmetrical economic power and insecurity Jeffrey Reeves Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 20:55 07 June 2016 First published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business © 2016 Jeffrey Reeves The right of Jeffrey Reeves to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. 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