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The Analytic Study of Chinese Foreign Policy

The Analytic Study of Chinese Foreign Policy Abstract In the absence of pertinent empirical information about how Chinese leaders actually make foreign policy, how can outside observers explain Chinese foreign policy? This essay argues that a coherent and useful theory of Chinese foeign policy must be based on an integration of particulars with regularities in a prioritized fashion, and that particulars are primarily constrained by regularities. One's prioritization thus should begin with those forces in the external environment that shape war and peace: forces that are above and beyond the immediate control and influence of the decision makers and domestic politics. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1983 International Studies Association http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Studies Quarterly Oxford University Press

The Analytic Study of Chinese Foreign Policy

International Studies Quarterly , Volume 27 (2) – Jun 1, 1983

 
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
© 1983 International Studies Association
ISSN
0020-8833
eISSN
1468-2478
DOI
10.2307/2600546
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Abstract

Abstract In the absence of pertinent empirical information about how Chinese leaders actually make foreign policy, how can outside observers explain Chinese foreign policy? This essay argues that a coherent and useful theory of Chinese foeign policy must be based on an integration of particulars with regularities in a prioritized fashion, and that particulars are primarily constrained by regularities. One's prioritization thus should begin with those forces in the external environment that shape war and peace: forces that are above and beyond the immediate control and influence of the decision makers and domestic politics. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1983 International Studies Association

Journal

International Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press

Published: Jun 1, 1983

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