Ideas, Identity, Interests: China's Enhancing Engagement in International Organizations
Ideje, identita, zájmy: Vzrůstající zapojení Číny v mezinárodních organizacích
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/127619Identifikátory
SIS: 225666
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17123]
Autor
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Vlček, Václav
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Mezinárodní vztahy
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů
Datum obhajoby
23. 6. 2021
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
Klíčová slova (anglicky)
Peacekeeping, China, ideas, Identity, Power, peace and securityTitles: Power, Ideas, Identity: China's Growing Engagement in UN Peacekeeping Operations Abstract Since China's reform and opening-up, China has taken concrete steps to integrate into the international community. China's role and influence within the international organization are in the midst of an evolution. Before, China has remained outside and reluctant to join US-led international organizations, but nowadays, China becomes the firm upholder of current multilateral organizations. The UN Peacekeeping Operations provides a prominent example. China has earlier doubted the role of the UN and upholds strong opposition to PKOs. After China restored its legal seat in the UN in 1971, it took a wait-and-see attitude toward PKOs. In the late 1980s, with China's internal political and economic reform and changes in the international environment, China began to reconsider the UN's role in maintaining international peace and security. Subsequently, China gradually supported and took part in PKOs. Since the twenty-first century, China has been even more committed to peacekeeping. This thesis attempts to identify the key factors motivating China's active engagement in PKOs in the 21st century. This thesis figures out three factors are power, ideas, and identity. On the role of power, this thesis adopts a rationalist...