Chinese Diplomacy and the UN Security Council

<p></p> <p>This book is one of the first to address China's role and influence in the Security Council. It develops a picture of a state struggling to find a way between the need to protect its stakes in a number of 'rogue regimes' on one hand and its image as a responsible rising power on the world stage on the other. Negotiating this careful balancing act has mixed implications and means that whilst China can be a useful ally in collective security it also faces serious constraints. Providing a window not only into China's behaviour but into the complex world of decision-making at the UNSC in general the book covers a number of important cases including North Korea Iran Darfur Burma Zimbabwe Libya and Syria. </p>