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About this book
This book assesses the strategic significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by examining the logic of international power and order, historic trends in East Asian international relations, the AIIB's design in comparison to 'rival' financial institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, recent tendencies in Chinese foreign policy, and the Chinese system of political economy. It focuses on how China 'constructs' international arrangements at a critical juncture in history compared to other great powers, especially the United States and Japan. Viewed in isolation, the AIIB does not represent a radical departure from the existing international order; it is a hybrid institution built on China's integration into the West-dominated international structure and conditioned by the global financial market. But the AIIB does draw in part from a different institutional lineage, a different historical root, and a different national system of political economy. In this context, China's greater success will constitute a partial change to the existing international order, whatever the Chinese intention.
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About the author
Ming Wan is Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA. His recent books include The China Model and Global Political Economy: Comparison, Impact, and Interaction (2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Book Subtitle: The Construction of Power and the Struggle for the East Asian International Order
Authors: Ming Wan
Series Title: The Political Economy of East Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137593870
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59386-3Published: 30 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59387-0Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2096
Series E-ISSN: 2946-210X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 132
Topics: International Relations, International Organization, International Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Asian Politics, Banking