China's World Order
Discourse, Theory and the Non-Material Power
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| ID | 17545222 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Е Н Грачиков (0000-0003-3153-9650, Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 6, Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2026 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 72-86 |
| Data de publicação | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | World Economy and International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0131-2227 • E-ISSN: 2782-4330 |
| Editora | Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.20542/0131-2227-2026-70-4-72-86 |
| OpenAlex | W7154457975 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 28 |
The August 2025 meetings between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, United States, raised the issue of finding practical tools for shaping new foundations of world order. In this regard, this article aims to explore the theoretical aspects of the formation of China’s model of world order and to understand the narrative of intangible power in Beijing’s world order within the context of international and Chinese academic discourse. The relevance of studying world order for Beijing stems from the intensification of US tariff pressure and Beijing’s recognition of the impossibility of fully utilizing material power in its foreign policy, particularly vis-à-vis the United States. Given this, China has begun to more clearly position its power (authority, influence) on the global stage, primarily through intangible formats (informational, moral, discursive, relational, normative and strategic narrative) and articulate these in its model of world order as the most effective for raising moral prestige and great power status in global politics. This article argues for the slow process and challenges of understanding in the development of world order ideas in China, exploring the ancient Sino-centric interstate order in East Asia, and developing new diplomatic instruments for world order with Chinese characteristics, based on multilateralism (multipolarity in the Russian sense), drawing on Chinese political tradition and taking into account contemporary trends in global politics and Xi Jinping’s initiatives. The purpose of this article is to examine, against the backdrop of international academic discourse, the Chinese discourse, the first theoretical developments on the formation of a modern Chinese view of the world order, and the already established, quite effective formats of Beijing’s non-material power
China · Context (archaeology) · Foreign policy · Impossibility · International relations · Multilateralism · Normative · Order (exchange) · Politics · Power (physics) · COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration · Economic, Social, and Public Health Issues in Russia and Globally · Global Political and Economic Relations
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New International Order
Liberal Leviathan
US-China Institutional Rivalries and West Asian Countries’ Divergent Responses
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Order
Relationalism(s) Unpacked
A New Synthesis among IR Theories? Moral Leadership in International Relations
Rethinking East Asia’s Historical Order
In Search of Status
Before the Nation-State
Toward Sino-American Ideological Clash? The Lasswellian World Revolution Approach
Global Norm-Maker as China’s New Brand? An Analysis of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative
The Ideological Security Dilemma in International Relations
US-China competition, world order and economic decoupling
The Future of Global Governance and World Order
The Construction of the Chinese School in International Relations
Reconceptualizing International Order
The Great Narrative Game
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |