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Phillip C. Saunders
Researcher at National Defense University
Publications - 36
Citations - 698
Phillip C. Saunders is an academic researcher from National Defense University. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Military science. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 662 citations. Previous affiliations of Phillip C. Saunders include Council on Foreign Relations.
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Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism: China and the Diaoyu Islands
TL;DR: In the post-Cold War era, international relations scholars have produced a pessimistic evaluation of ways that nationalism increases the chances of international conflict as discussed by the authors, focusing on the use of nationalism to divert attention from societal demands for security, economic development, and effective political institutions.
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Is China a Status Quo or Revisionist State? Leadership Travel as an Empirical Indicator of Foreign Policy Priorities
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the travel patterns of top Chinese leaders from 1998 to 2008 and found that they are more consistent with a status quo conceptualization of China, though there are some important exceptions such as willingness to travel to rogue states.
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China's Global Activism: Strategy, Drivers, and Tools
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the rationale and drivers for China's increased global activism; examines the tools China is employing and how they are being used; assesses the empirical evidence about priorities and patterns in China's global activities; and considers whether these activities reflect an underlying strategic design.
Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that political elites can incite nationalism to gain an advantage in domestic political competition by propagating nationalist or imperialist myths, which can generate broad public support for their parochial interest.
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Bridge over Troubled Water?: Envisioning a China-Taiwan Peace Agreement
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider what an agreement might look like, whether and how it might be effective in reducing the possibility of cross-strait military conflict, the relevant barriers to an agreement, and whether an agreement would endure.