A comparative analysis of Chinese and Russian use of economic interdependence as political leverage

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13619
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
• Research Institution: Tsuda University
• Principal Investigator: PAREPA LAURA ANCA 津田塾大学, 総合政策研究所, 研究員 (60837920)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 経済的相互依存 / 政治レバレッジ / 非民主主義国家 / 中国 / ロシア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined the linkage between economic interdependence, political leverage and regime type. It was mainly concerned with the modalities in which asymmetric interdependence can be used as a source of power and political leverage by non-democratic to influence the behaviour of other countries and the consequences of this aspect. Concretely, the research examined in a comparative way the process and mechanisms through which China and Russia employ economic interdependence as a tool to advance their preferences and achieve desired political ends. It clarified how, to what extent, in which conditions and with what consequences Russia and China are able and willing to exploit potential economic asymmetries existing in their relationship with democratic countries to preserve or to obtain strategic goals.

Free Research Field

国際関係

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中国とロシアのパターンに焦点を当てた比較研究がこれまでにあまり見られない現代の国際関係研究においては、中国とロシアの対外行動に関する一定した解釈がなく、議論が続けられており、本研究の成果は進行中のこれらの議論に貢献できると考えられる。ロシアと中国には共通点が多いが、両国が国力を投じて経済的または軍事的手段を使用する方法にはアプローチの違いがあり、本研究で理論的および実証的に解明できたと考える。さらに、二国間・地域間・グローバルな文脈における中国とロシアの行動パターンに関する動向や展望を見極めようとする将来の研究においても、本研究の成果は有用な基礎となると考える。