Abstract
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and accentuated the irreconcilable differences among states concerning ideology, governance, and their understanding of the legitimate use of different types of power. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is employing great power statecraft that is best described by the Chinese concept of 霸权主义 Bàquán zhǔyì (hegemonism: aggression aimed at weaker states). 2 This ideologically driven, derogatory behavior threatens the stability of the global system and will hinder the political and economic gains achieved over decades through collective cooperation and constraint of aggressive great power statecraft. This article identifies the changed statecraft of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in relation to Australia in particular, and argues that without a revolt within the PRC, the global system will temporarily require mercantilist blocs to sustain the human security of all free peoples, but principally those within the democratic states that will survive by countering hegemonism.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and accentuated the irreconcilable differences among states concerning ideology, governance, and their understanding of the legitimate use of different types of power. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is employing great power statecraft that is best described by the Chinese concept of 霸权主义 Bàquán zhǔyì (hegemonism: aggression aimed at weaker states). 2 This ideologically driven, derogatory behavior threatens the stability of the global system and will hinder the political and economic gains achieved over decades through collective cooperation and constraint of aggressive great power statecraft. This article identifies the changed statecraft of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in relation to Australia in particular, and argues that without a revolt within the PRC, the global system will temporarily require mercantilist blocs to sustain the human security of all free peoples, but principally those within the democratic states that will survive by countering hegemonism.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Collective Self-Defense Against Authoritarianism: Lessons for EU |
| Editors | Niklas Swanström |
| Place of Publication | Stockholm-Nacka |
| Publisher | Institute for Security and Development Policy |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 69-84 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-91-88551-31-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-91-88551-31-3 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2022 |