Accommodation available: China, Western powers and the operation of structural power in the<scp>UN</scp>Security Council
Journal: Global Policy
Year: 2024

Abstract This article focuses on the way that China and the main Western states on the United Nations Security Council have pursued “mutual accommodation” as China's geopolitical weight has grown in recent years. China still only rarely uses its veto and typically avoids taking responsibility for drafting Council products. Western powers are nonetheless careful to acknowledge and accommodate China's interests wherever possible, through tactics like watering down proposed Council products and avo