Head of the Dragon’ or ‘Trojan Horse’

Reassessing China–Greece Relations

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ID12422322
AutoresDimitrios Stroikos (0000-0002-1588-1969, Department of International Relations and LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen32
Número142
Páginas602-619
Fecha de publicación2022-04-28
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2022.2067743
OpenAlexW4225141023
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

China’s meteoric economic rise has precipitated a debate about its growing profile in Europe through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In this context, for some observers Greece serves as an illustration of how China is also translating its economic power into actual political influence over small European states to Brussels’ disadvantage. This article challenges such simplistic and state-centric views by considering the role of contingent and domestic factors and the wider strategic environment in which Sino-Greek relations have unfolded. It also highlights the agency of influential actors at the more micro-level of analysis. It argues that although China has achieved some limited political gains, the relationship remains mainly economics-driven at a time when Greece is strengthening strategic ties with its traditional allies

Agency (philosophy · China · Context (archaeology · Disadvantage · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Trojan horse · European Union Policy and Governance · Law

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