How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions?
Author: Marc Lanteigne
ISBN: 978-0-415-45956-3 (paperback) 978-0-415-36584-0 (hardback) 978-0-203-01837-8 (electronic)
No. of pages: 230
Some quotes from the book...
REDUCTION OF THE RISKS AND COSTS OF INFORMATION GATHERING
"...In the area of state-to-state relations, the axiom "information is power" takes on additional relevance in the post-cold war system. Asymmetries in the level of information between countries can be a source of vulnerability and greatly hamper peaceful international relations." page 22
"...As Keohane noted, one of the most significant advantages of participating in international regimes is that they reduce the costs of transactions between actors during legitimate bargaining, but increase the costs of bargaining in bad faith. one reason for this phenomenon is that institutions facilitate the exchange of information amongst members, thus reducing the risks of barganining..." page 22
"...This was certainly as asset to an emerging China being forced to play catch-up in its understanding of the international system. Information gathering was a primary reason for China's post-1970 policy of institutional engagement, and has played an important role in Chinese power acquisition..." page 22
"...China increasingly opts to participate in international institutions rather than relying exclusively on bilateral agreements. In other words, while China ca learn a lot about state A from engaging it alone, engaging state A within an institutional framework also provides added data on how states A, B, C, D, engage each other." page 23
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