The Brazilian Institute of International Relations - IBRI is pleased to announce the publication of the special issue of the Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional - RBPI entitled “China rising - strategies and tactics of China’s growing presence in the world”, edited by Henry Altemani de Oliveira, Professor at the State University of Paraíba - UEPB and Antônio Carlos Lessa, professor at the University of Brasilia and RBPI editor-in-chief.

Editorial

• China rising – strategies and tactics of China’s growing presence in the world: a special issue of RBPI, by Henrique Altemani de Oliveira & Antônio Carlos Lessa

Articles

• Mao’s steps in Monroe’s backyard: towards a United States-China hegemonic struggle in Latin America?, by Jose León-Manríquez & Luis F. Alvarez;
• Swords into ploughshares? China’s Soft Power strategy in Southeast Asia and its challenges, by Tony Tai-Ting Liu & Tung-Chieh Tsai;
• China’s rising Soft Power: the role of rhetoric in constructing China-Africa relations, by Lucy Jane Corkin;
• Japan and India: soft balancing as a reaction to China’s rise?, by Wellington Amorim & Antonio Henrique Lucena da Silva;
• The international implications of the Chinese model of development in the Global South: Asian Consensus as a network power, by Javier Vadell, Leonardo Ramos, Pedro Neves;
• Brazil, China, US: a triangular relation?, by José Augusto Guilhon-Albuquerque;
• China’s proposing behavior in Global Governance: the cases of the WTO Doha Round negotiation and G-20 process, by Hongsong Liu;
• South-South relations and the English School of International Relations: Chinese and Brazilian ideas and involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Joseph Marques & Anthony Spanakos;
• Between system maker and privileges taker: the role of China in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, by Truong-Minh Vu;
• Chinese energy policy progress and challenges in the transition to low carbon development, 2006–2013, by Larissa Basso & Eduardo Viola;
• The tale of a Trojan horse or the quest for market access? China and the World Trade Organization, by Sven Van Kerckhoven & Adriaan Luyten;
• Peaceful rise and the limits of Chinese exceptionalism, by Raquel Vaz-Pinto;
• Macau in China’s relations with the lusophone world, by Carmen Amado Mendes;
• Muddle or march: China and the 21st century Concert of Powers, by Weizhun Mao;
• Chinese engagement for Global Governance: aiming for a better room at the table?, by Henrique Altemani de Oliveira & Alexandre César Cunha Leite.

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