China and Coercion in International Politics

Session Submission Type: Virtual Full Paper Panel

Session Description

China has become a more assertive player in the international system, and at the same time the target of others concerned with its growing power. This panel explores how China deploys and is the object of coercion. Importantly, the papers in the panel demonstrate that the relationship between China’s rise and coercion is neither simple nor straightforward. Within and across cases, there is considerable variation in when and how China exerts coercive tools as well as its response to the demands of other states. Using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, the papers examine a range of empirical domains from land disputes, boycotts, science and technology policy, as well as sanctions. In addition to drawing attention to traditional military concerns related to emerging powers, the papers underscore the key interaction between economic and security issues. Given the growing tensions in the US-China relationship, the panel is likely to have significant policy as well as theoretical payoff.

Sub Unit

• Division 17: International Collaboration

Chair

• Abraham Newman Georgetown University

Discussants

• Margaret M. Pearson University of Maryland

• Victor C. Shih UCSD

Individual Presentations

• Driven to Self-Reliance: Coercion and the US-China Innovation Ecosystem - Mark Peter Dallas, Union College; Yeling Tan, University of Oregon; Abraham Newman, Georgetown University; Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins University

• Consumer Casualties: Political Boycotts and International Disputes - Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University; Jeremy L. Wallace, Cornell University

• The Impact of International Tensions on Scientific Output - Margaret E Roberts, University of California, San Diego; Ye Wang, New York University; Eddie Yang, University of California, San Diego

• China and the Global Discursive Response to COVID-19 - Stefan Müller, University College Dublin; Samuel Brazys, University College Dublin; Alexander Dukalskis, University College Dublin