Diffusion of Influence? Detecting China's Footprint in Foreign Policies of Other Countries
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43310%2F23%3A43921493" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43310/23:43921493 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/00216208:11320/23:B9T95J2S
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-022-00217-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-022-00217-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41111-022-00217-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s41111-022-00217-5</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Diffusion of Influence? Detecting China's Footprint in Foreign Policies of Other Countries
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
"Chinese influence" has become a hot topic among politicians, media, and pundits. Academic studies dealing with the subject, however, generally take a much more cautious position. This paper suggests an innovative approach of studying political influence using data from the UN General Assembly voting and speech records. Utilizing the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP), we show how to estimate, quantify, and visualise foreign policy positions using raw textual data. In Europe, it has been argued that China's growing presence and activity in Central and Eastern European states (CEE) undermines "European unity" as the region allegedly starts shifting towards Beijing. We adopt the CEE region as a case study of China's potential influence and highlight the positioning of CEE countries towards China, Germany, and the U.S. by visualizing the proximities among them over time. We find no evidence that the CEE countries are strategically pivoting towards China. We have controlled for known positions and trends of other countries from elsewhere in the world to strengthen the case for our methodological approach.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Diffusion of Influence? Detecting China's Footprint in Foreign Policies of Other Countries
Popis výsledku anglicky
"Chinese influence" has become a hot topic among politicians, media, and pundits. Academic studies dealing with the subject, however, generally take a much more cautious position. This paper suggests an innovative approach of studying political influence using data from the UN General Assembly voting and speech records. Utilizing the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP), we show how to estimate, quantify, and visualise foreign policy positions using raw textual data. In Europe, it has been argued that China's growing presence and activity in Central and Eastern European states (CEE) undermines "European unity" as the region allegedly starts shifting towards Beijing. We adopt the CEE region as a case study of China's potential influence and highlight the positioning of CEE countries towards China, Germany, and the U.S. by visualizing the proximities among them over time. We find no evidence that the CEE countries are strategically pivoting towards China. We have controlled for known positions and trends of other countries from elsewhere in the world to strengthen the case for our methodological approach.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50601 - Political science
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA19-01809S" target="_blank" >GA19-01809S: Čínská mnohostranná ekonomická diplomacie v době iniciativy nové hedvábné stezky</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2023
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Chinese Political Science Review
ISSN
2365-4244
e-ISSN
2365-4252
Svazek periodika
8
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
3
Stát vydavatele periodika
SG - Singapurská republika
Počet stran výsledku
26
Strana od-do
461-486
Kód UT WoS článku
000798331900001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85130258664