New article: The economics of identity: is China the new ‘Japan problem’ for the United States?

New article: The economics of identity: is China the new ‘Japan problem’ for the United States?

8 December 2017

The ‘rise of China’ ranks among the most widely addressed contemporary topics in the field of International Relations. However, it is rarely taken into consideration that the last comparable debate was conducted only a few decades ago, when Japan was proclaimed the new ‘Number One’.

This article published in Journal of International Relations and Development and authored by Nicola Nymalm in the UI Asia programme analyses parallels in discourses by taking a view that goes beyond the economy as material capabilities and interests common in research on ‘rising powers’. Instead, focusing on the role of identity, it contends that the similarities in articulating Japan and China as threats stem from them not adhering to the US model of liberal democratic capitalism, while being economically successful on their own terms.

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