This book analyzes how Chinese think tanks have become essential actors in todays Chinese foreign policy and diplomatic practices. By providing an in-depth analysis of their roles, functions and transformation in the last decade, this study explains how they differ from their Western counterparts and how they have developed during Hu Jintaos and Xi Jinpings mandates. Think tanks are often thought to only be able to gain access to political processes within democratic contexts. This book suggests that even in the more ambiguous Chinese political environment, think tanks remain essential actors where ideas, discourses and beliefs about foreign policy and diplomacy are generated, framed and discussed vis-?-vis Chinas ascent role in international affairs and global governance.
1. Introduction
2. Think Tanks, Knowledge Regimes and the Global Agora
3. Think Tanks in China
4. Chinese Think Tanks and Economic Diplomacy
5. Chinese Think Tanks and Environmental Diplomacy
6. Conclusions: Rethinking Think Tanks in Contemporary China
is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science and International Relations at LUISS Guido Carli University and Visiting Faculty Member at the American University of Rome, Italy.This book analyzes how Chinese think tanks have become essential actors in todays Chinese foreign policy and diplomatic practices. By providing an in-depth analysis of their roles, functions and transformation in the last decade, this study explains how they differ ls~
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