• China's New Roles and Behaviour in Conflict-Affected Regions: Reconsidering Non-Interference and Non-Intervention 

      Hirono, Miwa; Jiang, Yang; Lanteigne, Marc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-03-07)
      China's view on the sanctity of state sovereignty has slowly but inexorably been transformed, and the country has found it difficult to continue to adhere to the principles of non-interference and non-intervention with the same degree of rigour as during the Cold War era. This special section will explore what the principles mean to China today; why and how Beijing has become active in peacebuilding ...
    • China's UN peacekeeping in Mali and comprehensive diplomacy 

      Lanteigne, Marc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-03-04)
      China's increasing participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations reached a milestone in 2013 when Beijing agreed to send a large detachment of personnel, including combat forces for the first time, to support UN peacekeeping operations in Mali after that country fell into civil war. This commitment was also distinct in that unlike other African countries where Beijing has supplied peacekeepers, ...
    • The China–Switzerland Free Trade Agreement and Economic Identity-Building 

      Lanteigne, Marc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-01-25)
      The free trade agreement signed between China and Switzerland in 2013 was a watershed event in the economic policies of both states,a successful identity-building exercise for both actors in addition to an economic endeavour. In the case of Beijing, the Switzerland free trade agreement (FTA) was a crucial step not only in promoting its trade interests in Europe, including the European Union, but ...
    • Homesteading in the Arctic: The Logic Behind, and Prospects for, Russia’s ’Hectare in the Arctic’ Program 

      Hodgson, Kara Kathleen; Lanteigne, Marc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Moscow launched its “Hectare in the Arctic” program in summer 2021, allowing Russian nationals to obtain a free hectare of land in the country’s northern regions. This plan is the latest attempt to address the chronic problem of outmigration and to attract new settlers to the Russian Arctic. Yet, multiple obstacles stand in the way of making the scheme a viable demographic solution. The primary ...
    • Reducing Energy Subsidies in China, India and Russia: Dilemmas for Decision Makers 

      Dansie, Grant; Øverland, Indra; Lanteigne, Marc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010-02-01)
      This article examines and compares efforts to reduce energy subsidies in China, India and Russia. Despite dissimilarities in forms of governance, these three states have followed surprisingly similar patterns in reducing energy subsidies, characterised by two steps forward, one step back. Non-democratic governments and energy importers might be expected to be more likely to halt subsidies. In fact, ...
    • The spiralling effects of the Sino-American trade war 

      Lanteigne, Marc (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2020-06-05)
      Almost two years ago, China and the United States instigated a trade conflict which has had serious international effects, a situation since exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. What has truly made a solution to this conflict elusive, however, is that its origins lie well beyond questions of trade deficits and fair competition, and are instead based on the looming question of a power transition ...