J 2014

Strategic Culture in the Current Foreign Policy Thinking of the People’s Republic of China

TURCSÁNYI, Richard

Základní údaje

Originální název

Strategic Culture in the Current Foreign Policy Thinking of the People’s Republic of China

Vydání

Politologický časopis, Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 1211-3247

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/14:00075221

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

People’s Republic of China; strategic culture; Chinese foreign policy thinking; Chinese strategic culture; Chinese foreign policy; Chinese media; Chinese public opinion
Změněno: 25. 3. 2014 17:53, Ing. Mgr. Richard Turcsányi, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The paper presents an application of the concept of strategic culture as a possible way to analyse the foreign policy of a state by stressing its uniqueness and beliefs in contrast to commonality and rationality. The goal is to find out whether the strategic culture approach is a useful method to understand the foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China. In the paper it is firstly discovered that Chinese strategic culture is perhaps not just belligerent or peaceful alone, but both at the same time in a distinct manner. Furthermore, it is argued that exactly this knowledge helps us to understand foreign policy discourse at various levels within the country: government, academia, media, and public opinion. Analysing each of the levels shows that with the exception of the media, all three remaining actors share similar belief patterns with the ‘dualist’ strategic culture, thus holding peaceful self-perception and keenness to use pro-active practical solutions.