Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey: Countercriticism Coercion by China Deters Third-Party States

• In Event: China and the Emergence of Great Power Competition

Brief Overview

How effective is economic coercion at influencing third-party states, and why? Third-party states are more likely to be deterred from criticizing countries with reputations for economic coercion than countries without such a reputation.

Author

• Stephanie Char, Columbia University