29 May 2015, Singapore
Co-authored with Jonas Parello-Plesner, SIPRI’s Head of the China and Global Security Project and Representative in Beijing Dr Mathieu Duchâtel launches: China’s Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad (Routledge/IISS) on the Shangri-La dialogue, the 14 Asia Security Summit in Singapore later this month.
The book describes how despite its principle of ‘non-interference’ in other states’ affairs, Beijing is finding itself progressively involved in other countries – through the need to protect their citizens’ interests and affairs. It shows that the shift in Chinese foreign policy towards a more interventionist approach abroad has not been the result of grand strategy, but an adjustment to unfolding events. The risk appetite of state-owned Chinese business is inexorably drawing the Chinese state into security hotspots, while citizens of the rising power demand that their government protects compatriots caught in crises overseas, including via military means.
Read more about the book and contact Dr Mathieu Duchâtel for further information.