Papers by gaye christoffersen
Asian perspective, Sep 1, 1996
Routledge eBooks, Oct 26, 2021
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Sep 25, 2009
... China in Russia's application to APEC. He instructed these diplomats to cultivate relati... more ... China in Russia's application to APEC. He instructed these diplomats to cultivate relations in the APR that would further the RFE's security and economic reform (Christoffersen, 1996). During the 1990s, Russian President Boris ...
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Contemporary Conflict, Sep 2, 2002
China Information, Jun 1, 1991
* The author is an Assistant Professor at Colorado College, USA. Research for this article was do... more * The author is an Assistant Professor at Colorado College, USA. Research for this article was done while on a study delegation organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations and hosted by the Chinese State Planning Commission in October 1990. Energy resources have always been scarce in the Chinese economy, making resource allocation within the planned economy a politicized, contested process with winners and losers. The initial intent of reform in the energy sector was to expand supply,
Springer eBooks, Aug 5, 2017
Beijing's initiative, the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), is meant to contribute to China's econo... more Beijing's initiative, the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), is meant to contribute to China's economic rise by creating markets for surplus production of such goods as steel and cement, putting Chinese companies to work building infrastructure, and integrating China's economy with its periphery. It also was meant to develop comprehensive relations with countries along the SREB in Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, broadly defined as Eurasia. Russian rejuvenation depends on Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) initiative, which officially came into existence on January 1, 2015. It is an economic union to create an integrated single market. Putin believes that the EEU is absolutely necessary to restore Russian greatness and influence in the "near abroad," which will then restore Russia as a great power in the world and that development of its Far
Asian Perspective, 2018
Chinese and Russian officials and scholars discursively construct and reconstruct repeatedly the ... more Chinese and Russian officials and scholars discursively construct and reconstruct repeatedly the nature and boundaries of Eurasian regional integration in an ongoing process of regional order con struction guided by diverging concepts that involve the Eurasian Economic Union, the Silk Road Economic Belt, and the Greater Eurasian Partnership. There is a process of accommodation and adaptation that has led to a slow unfolding of a Eurasian regional order. I draw on the English School to examine Sino-Russian efforts to maintain a Eurasian regional order rather than to slip into an unbri dled rivalry for spheres of influence.
Asian Perspective, 2009
Japan has pursued a grand strategy of creating an East Asian maritime order with a special emphas... more Japan has pursued a grand strategy of creating an East Asian maritime order with a special emphasis on situating a U.S.-Japan-China trilateral arrangement, based on cooperative security, at the core of an East Asian maritime regime. The United States and China have slowly adopted some of this Japanese strategy. This article examines the lessons East Asia has learned from several maritime security initiatives-America's Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Regional Maritime Security Initiative (RMSI), Japan's ReCAAP, and Southeast Asia's MALSINDO-that were applied to the anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast and the Gulf of Aden. Despite the influence of Japan's strategy for maritime security, paradoxically it has responded more slowly in its deployment to the Gulf of Aden, contributing to the traditional image of Japan as a reactive state. The institutional design of maritime regimes in the Gulf of Aden and in East Asia is thus incrementally unfolding; maritime cooperation is taking place in an ad hoc, bottom-up manner with very uncertain outcomes.
The China Quarterly, Mar 1, 1993
Gaye Christoffersen notes that, though the opportunity for multilateral Northeast Asian energy co... more Gaye Christoffersen notes that, though the opportunity for multilateral Northeast Asian energy cooperation has existed for years, nothing substantial has been achieved. Christoffersen reviews past cooperation proposals that all foundered on distributional conflicts. Nevertheless, these failed efforts developed a dormant network of experts and consultation mechanisms that could coalesce into a multilateral “regime complex” in the right circumstances. A successful “mini-lateral” joint project could do this and grow into a broader regional mechanism.
China perspectives, Jun 1, 2016
Global energy governance institutions pressure China, which has ungoverned domestic energy spaces... more Global energy governance institutions pressure China, which has ungoverned domestic energy spaces, to reform and strengthen its capacity for domestic energy governance. Rather than reform, China has attempted to create an alternative global energy order and establish a leadership role using the BRICS framework. However, BRICS exist in the global ungoverned energy space and have not prioritised energy governance. Additionally, BRICS practice shared leadership, undermining potential Chinese leadership. Beijing has subsequently shifted to the "Silk Road Economic Belt," a vehicle for uncontested Chinese leadership in energy.
Asian Survey, May 1, 2002
... Mineo Nakajima, A 'Cold War' in the Making, Japan Times, April 12, 2001, ... more ... Mineo Nakajima, A 'Cold War' in the Making, Japan Times, April 12, 2001, <http:// www ... to project the posture of a responsible power, which was widely noted in the region. ... more confrontational approach that Bush had taken with China, and his tough geopolitical approach to ...
Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Sep 15, 2013
Pacific Affairs, 1994
... 6 Andrey Chernykh, 'We Continue to Lose Face: Comments of a Political Expert on ... more ... 6 Andrey Chernykh, 'We Continue to Lose Face: Comments of a Political Expert on the Asia Policy of the Russian Federation ... from 'The Greater Vladivostok Project: The Russian Far East's Opportunity for Integration with the Asia-Pacific," coauthored with Tamara Troyakova, in ...
SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, Jul 4, 2018
This paper examines Chinese and East Asian efforts at energy cooperation in expectation of moving... more This paper examines Chinese and East Asian efforts at energy cooperation in expectation of moving towards an East Asian energy regime. The realization of East Asian energy cooperation depends on the nature of China's role in a regional energy regime. China seeks a regional leadership role while at the same time it grapples with domestic structural weakness in pollution, energy supply and energy demand. During 2007 this dilemma of seeking regional leadership despite domestic weakness seemed especially acute. Beijing would respond to regional dilemmas, international criticisms and domestic governance issues by promoting further domestic energy reform, and organizing China's first multilateral energy initiative.
Asian Survey, Nov 1, 1996
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, as China increasingly became incorporated into the Asia-Pac... more Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, as China increasingly became incorporated into the Asia-Pacific, Beijing sought a position in the region that was commensurate with China's great power aspirations. During this time, Chinese economic and security policy on the ...
Asian Survey, Dec 1, 1988
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