China, institutional leadership and regional order : the cases of ASEAN Plus Three and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, 2007-2017
Journal: Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick)
Year: 2019

This thesis examines China’s leadership behavior in ASEAN Plus Three (APT) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after the global financial crisis. Notwithstanding the Chinese government’s rhetoric, the question of leadership in the two regional institutions was pivotal to the rising power’s renegotiation of the geopolitical definition of East and Central Asia. Adopting an interdisciplinary and eclectic approach, this thesis dissects institutional leadership as the ability to promote a