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Europe, China and security governance: is there evidence of normative convergence?

Kerr, David; Xu, Yanzhuo

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David Kerr

Yanzhuo Xu



Abstract

Normative power can be defined as the ability to govern interdependencies by means of rules, regimes and compliance strategies. This paper presents two case studies in security governance—international responsibility to protect in Sudan and counter-proliferation policies towards Iran’s nuclear programme—to evaluate the degree of normative convergence between China and Europe. It concludes that there are still major differences between Europe and China on employing normative strategies in security governance but that both modes of governance and identities as security actors are mobile so that the trend is towards convergence, albeit with some distance still to travel.

Citation

Kerr, D., & Xu, Y. (2014). Europe, China and security governance: is there evidence of normative convergence?. Asia Europe Journal: Studies on Common Policy Challenges, 12(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-014-0371-0

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 9, 2014
Online Publication Date Jan 26, 2014
Publication Date Mar 1, 2014
Deposit Date Feb 19, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Asia Europe Journal
Print ISSN 1610-2932
Electronic ISSN 1612-1031
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 1
Pages 79-93
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-014-0371-0

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