{"product_id":"rekindling-the-strong-state-in-russia-and-china-domestic-dynamics-and-foreign-policy-projections-9789004471412","title":"Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China: Domestic Dynamics and Foreign Policy Projections","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRekindling the Strong State in Russia and China offers a thorough analysis of the profound regeneration of the State and its intense interaction with the external projections of Russia and China. In the international political scene, leaderships are under constant negotiation. Financial crisis, social and cultural transformations, values setting and migration flows have a deep impact on global powers, leading to the appearance of new actors. At present, the assumed rise of a new axis between two emerging powers, such as Russia and China, effaces their different backgrounds, leading to misinterpretations of their positioning in the geopolitical arena.   This book is an essential and multifaceted guide aimed at understanding the deep changes that affect these two countries and their global aspirations.    Contributors are: Marco Puleri; Andrea Passeri; Marco Balboni; Carmelo Danisi; Mingjiang Li; Mahalakshmi Ganapathy; Rosa Mulè; Olga Dubrovina; Evgeny Mironov; Yongshun Cai; Vasil Sakaev; Eugenia Baroncelli; Sonia Lucarelli; Nicolò Fasola; Stefano Bianchini; Stanislav Tkachenko; Vitaly Kozyrev; Marco Borraccetti; Francesco Privitera; Antonio Fiori, Massimiliano Trentin; Arrigo Pallotti; Giuliana Laschi; Michael Leigh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  List of Contributors  List of Maps, Tables and Figures  List of Abbreviations    1. Introduction: Reshaping International Norms andState models? China and Russia’s New Role in the World Arena  Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori    Part I: Managing State-Society Relations in Russia and China    2. In Search of “New Roots”: Towards a Situational Ideology in Putin’s Russia  Marco Puleri    3. Towards the “Great Rejuvenation”: State Nationalism, Shifting Identities, and Foreign Policy Choices in Contemporary China  Andrea Passeri    4. Reframing Human Rights in Russia and China: How National Identity and National Interests Shape Relations with, and the Implementation of, International Law  Marco Balboni and Carmelo Danisi    5. The Emerging Influence of the Chinese Strong-State Model  Mingjiang Li and Mahalakshmi Ganapathy    6. Envisioning the Russian Welfare State Model: The New Political Economy of Gender and the Labour Market  Rosa Mulè and Olga Dubrovina    7. Reshaping the Strong-State Model: Dmitrii Medvedev’s “Failed Modernisation”  Evgeny Mironov    8. State and Social Protests in China  Yongshun Cai    9. Migration Flows Between Russia and China: Legal and Social Implications  Vasil Sakaev    Part II: China and Russia in the Changing World: Opportunities and Sources of Competition    10. Global Shocks, Regional Conflicts and the Quest for Stable Prosperity: Which Way Forward for China and Russia?  Eugenia Baroncelli    11. NATO-Russia Relations through the Prism of Strategic Culture  Sonia Lucarelli and Nicolò Fasola     12. The Western Decline, Multipolarity and the Challenges of Identity in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy  Stefano Bianchini     13. BRICS and Development Alternatives: Russia and China  Stanislav Tkachenko    14. Engaging with European (Dis-)Integration. Russia in dialogue with Europe\/s  Marco Puleri     15. Looking at the EU from the Russian and Chinese Perspectives  Vitaly Kozyrev     16. The Fight Against Human Trafficking in the European Union and Russia  Marco Borraccetti     Part III: Russia and China in Contested Regional Theatres: Some Case Studies    17. The Disputed Ukrainian Knot  Francesco Privitera    18. Central Asia in China’s Energy Strategy  Antonio Fiori    19. The Convergence of Differences: Russia and China in the Middle East and North Africa  Massimiliano Trentin    20. The Chinese Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzania  Arrigo Pallotti    21. Relations with the West: The Case Study of the EEC-USSR, as Viewed by the Community (1950-1991)   Giuliana Laschi    22. Postface: Europe’s Response to Challenges from China and Russia  Michael Leigh    23. Concluding Remarks  Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210829619543,"sku":"9789004471412","price":67.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rekindling-the-strong-state-in-russia-and-china-domestic-dynamics-and-foreign-policy-projections-9789004471412","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}