Report
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China’s multilateral stretch: Crafting influence with international organizations
Summary:
China’s rise as a multilateral power is stirring reactions internationally, with many actors worrying about Chinese influence over specific international organizations (IOs), and its rippling effects on multilateral governance overall. In this brief, we discuss how and why China is working to craft its proactive IO diplomacy, by building position in many established and development oriented IOs, especially, and by initiating new institutions, incorporating to wide range of relations and issues. We show how expanding engagements within the UN and other multilateral arenas demonstrate China’s readiness to both follow, modify, and ignore established rules and norms, while working to ensure that multilateral institutions better reflect Chinese interests and conditions.
- Published year: 2022
- Publisher: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt
- Page count: 4
- Language: English
Written by
Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr
Senior Research Fellow