Chinese Diplomacy and the Un Security Council: Beyond the Veto (Electronic book text)

This book is one ofthe first to address Chinas role and influence in the Security Council. It develops a picture of a state struggling to find a way between the need to protect its stakes in a number of rogue regimes, on one hand, and its image as a responsible rising power on the world stage, on the other. Negotiating this careful balancing act has mixed implications, and means that whilst China can be a useful ally in collective security, it also faces serious constraints. Providing a window not only into Chinas behaviour, but into the complex world of decision-making at the UNSC in general, the book covers a number of important cases, including North Korea, Iran, Darfur, Burma, Zimbabwe, Libya and Syria.