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100 _aFURST Rudolf
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245 _aChina's bid for international leadership in Central and Eastern Europe:
_brole conflict and policy responses/
_cWeiqing Song and Rudolf Furst
260 _c2024
520 _aChina and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) have intensified their cooperation over the past decade or so. Despite some modest progress, this cooperation has performed below the expectations of the CEECs in general, and, even more so, generated negative feedback and implications more widely. This study is motivated by the puzzle over why there are widening discrepancies between the two sides after initially positive expectations. Informed by the role theory of international relations, this paper mainly argues that there is an intrarole conflict between China’s perception of its international leadership role and the corresponding role expectations of China held by the CEECs. This framework is empirically assessed on the 17 + 1 cooperation, through which China strives to forge a leadership role for itself in relation to the CEECs. Amid generally low expectations of China’s leadership role, three general patterns of responses can be identified among the CEECs, including those of dissenters, pragmatists, and persisting partners. Furthermore, China’s leadership demands encountered challenges from other players, particularly the European Union and the United States.
598 _aInternational Relations, Volume 38, Number 4, 2024, Page: 541-588
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650 _aLEADERSHIP
700 _aSONG Weiqing
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