Lunting Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4096578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lunting Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lunting |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian Institute of International Affairs |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7450-8953 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Equitable and Inclusive? Comparing High-Speed Railway Projects in Indonesia and Thailand
While Southeast Asian governments sometimes wield bargaining power in securing infrastructure deals with external donors like China, many such projects still fail to deliver equitable and inclusive outcomes. This paper argues that autonomy alone, though necessary, is insufficient to ensure socially just infrastructure. We show that the enduring top-down Chinese developmental state model and the concomitant adherence to developmentalism by host st…
Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China's BRI and the EU's Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe
Against the backdrop of China's growing engagement in Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to challenge the European Union (EU) approach to promoting development in the region. We take issue with this claim by making three interrelated arguments. First, if at all, the BRI challenges the EU approach to development on the programmatic rather than on the implementation level. The BRI's proclaimed “no strings attached” policy st…
Status preservation vis-à-vis hegemonic misrecognition
What happens when the hegemon misrecognises the status of its allies or partners? This article argues that hegemonic recognition plays a critical role in stabilising allies’ social standing within the established international hierarchy. When such recognition is withdrawn—particularly in contravention of the ally’s sovereignty and shared basic norms of the status group—misrecognised states not only confront a potential legalistic erosion of their…
All on the Same Page? Comparing European Populist Radical Right Governments’ Foreign Policy towards China
Do European populist radical right (EPRR) governments converge in their engagement with China? If not, what explains their divergence? While prior research has explored populist foreign policy, little attention has been paid to their China strategies or the factors shaping them once EPRR parties gain power. This study compares the differing approaches of three EPRR governments—Brothers of Italy, Law and Justice, and Fidesz—and argues that the var…
China’s role conflict in norm contestations: Economic security, anti-de-risking, and Dual Circulation Strategy
Ghosting diplomacy: China's silent treatment amid great power competition
If diplomacy is about communication, how does ghosting communicate? China has increasingly used ghosting or silent treatment when practising diplomacy. It has purposefully cut off high-level communication channels with its ‘significant others’ in recent years. When and why does China ghost other states, including its most important partners? How does strategic ghosting fit with the more combative turn in China's ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ under Xi …
Diverging China Strategies in the West: Securitization and the Overlooked Role of Business Interests
Amidst the current great-power competition and geopolitical tensions, why have western states formulated different strategies towards Beijing? Drawing upon literature on domestic politics and securitization, this article posits that the different China strategies are jointly shaped by, ceteris paribus, (1) whether interdependence with Beijing is anticipated to bring cost or benefit to the interest groups central to the decision-making process and…
Diverging China Strategies in the West: Securitization and the Overlooked Role of Business Interests
Amidst the current great-power competition and geopolitical tensions, why have western states formulated different strategies towards Beijing? Drawing upon literature on domestic politics and securitization, this article posits that the different China strategies are jointly shaped by, ceteris paribus, (1) whether interdependence with Beijing is anticipated to bring cost or benefit to the interest groups central to the decision-making process and…
China’s role conflict in norm contestations: Economic security, anti-de-risking, and Dual Circulation Strategy
Diverging China Strategies in the West: Securitization and the Overlooked Role of Business Interests
Amidst the current great-power competition and geopolitical tensions, why have western states formulated different strategies towards Beijing? Drawing upon literature on domestic politics and securitization, this article posits that the different China strategies are jointly shaped by, ceteris paribus, (1) whether interdependence with Beijing is anticipated to bring cost or benefit to the interest groups central to the decision-making process and…
All on the Same Page? Comparing European Populist Radical Right Governments’ Foreign Policy towards China
Do European populist radical right (EPRR) governments converge in their engagement with China? If not, what explains their divergence? While prior research has explored populist foreign policy, little attention has been paid to their China strategies or the factors shaping them once EPRR parties gain power. This study compares the differing approaches of three EPRR governments—Brothers of Italy, Law and Justice, and Fidesz—and argues that the var…
China’s role conflict in norm contestations: Economic security, anti-de-risking, and Dual Circulation Strategy
Ghosting diplomacy: China's silent treatment amid great power competition
If diplomacy is about communication, how does ghosting communicate? China has increasingly used ghosting or silent treatment when practising diplomacy. It has purposefully cut off high-level communication channels with its ‘significant others’ in recent years. When and why does China ghost other states, including its most important partners? How does strategic ghosting fit with the more combative turn in China's ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ under Xi …
How Equitable and Inclusive? Comparing High-Speed Railway Projects in Indonesia and Thailand
While Southeast Asian governments sometimes wield bargaining power in securing infrastructure deals with external donors like China, many such projects still fail to deliver equitable and inclusive outcomes. This paper argues that autonomy alone, though necessary, is insufficient to ensure socially just infrastructure. We show that the enduring top-down Chinese developmental state model and the concomitant adherence to developmentalism by host st…
Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China's BRI and the EU's Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe
Against the backdrop of China's growing engagement in Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to challenge the European Union (EU) approach to promoting development in the region. We take issue with this claim by making three interrelated arguments. First, if at all, the BRI challenges the EU approach to development on the programmatic rather than on the implementation level. The BRI's proclaimed “no strings attached” policy st…
Status preservation vis-à-vis hegemonic misrecognition
What happens when the hegemon misrecognises the status of its allies or partners? This article argues that hegemonic recognition plays a critical role in stabilising allies’ social standing within the established international hierarchy. When such recognition is withdrawn—particularly in contravention of the ally’s sovereignty and shared basic norms of the status group—misrecognised states not only confront a potential legalistic erosion of their…
China (4 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Foreign policy (2 works) · Global Security and Public Health (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works) · International relations (2 works) · Law (2 works)