Essays about: "bilateral economic cooperation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words bilateral economic cooperation.
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1. A BALANCING ACT? A study on Sweden’s ambivalence in responding to pressure from the Chinese embassy
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Ever since Sweden was the first Western democracy to officially recognise the People’s Republic of China shortly after its establishment in 1949, the two states have enjoyed decades of successful and beneficial bilateral cooperation. However, the literature states that maintaining bilateral cooperation with a growing authoritarian great power has generated an ambivalence from Sweden on sensitive issues regarding China, in order to not jeopardize domestic economic interests. READ MORE
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2. Trade Creation or Diversion? An ASEAN Perspective
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : The objective of this paper is to assess the bilateral exports from an origin to a destination, in the context of countries belonging to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and whether or not the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) leads to trade creation or trade diversion, or both. To study this, a panel gravity model is employed with 135 countries, from 2000-2014, using a Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood method (PPML). READ MORE
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3. China's Pursuit of National Interests in the Arctic - An Examination of China's Geostrategic Investments in Iceland and Greenland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In today’s global politics, the Arctic is assuming an increasingly important geoeconomic and geopolitical role among Arctic and non-Arctic states, as the retreating ice cover reveals new economic potentials such as the development of natural resources (Käpylä & Mikkola, 2016). China is among the interested non-Arctic states that aim to increase their influence in Arctic affairs and to get in on the Arctic opportunities. READ MORE
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4. Development Cooperation as a Soft Power Tool: A case study of Slovakia & Kenya
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development StudiesAbstract : Slovakia has as a small state in the Central Europe gone through two types of transformations. First was from socialism to democracy, accompanied by various reforms, the second from an aid recipient to an aid donor. These experiences have, naturally, shaped Slovakia's identity, ideas and interests. READ MORE
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5. Sino - Indian Mutual Perceptions : Intercultural Students’ Discourse on Ontological Security and Identity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : A critical review of the history of the discursive formation of Sino-Indian relations suggests that the largely negative mutual perceptions by the Chinese and Indian public and media are opposed by an optimistic discourse of both nations’ political and economic elites. This is also accompanied by a juxtaposed, binary discourse of the bilateral relation by members of the Liberal and Realist camp in academia. READ MORE
