Potential Partners in the Pacific? Soft Power and the SINO-NATO Relationship

Abstract

Is there mutual benefit in a relationship between China and NATO? What shape might such a relationship take, and what are the ramifications for both China and NATO member states? This paper argues that China and NATO share a common interest in maintaining security of the global commons, and that such a relationship could appeal to NATO s desire to extend cooperative security beyond the Euro-Atlantic area while offering the Chinese a means for protecting their interests on the global stage in a constructive, non-threatening manner. While both NATO and China have interests in Afghanistan, the most fertile ground for a future relationship lies in mutual functional interests in soft power pursuits such as crisis management, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HR/DR), nonproliferation, and globally-sanctioned operations that protect common goods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA562157

Entities

People

  • Tania M. Chacho

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of State
  • European Union
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

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  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies