Why Does the Global Security Initiative Could Be Seen as a Potential Way to Achieve a Chinese World Order?
Author
Duarte Ferreira, Tomás
Term
4. term
Publication year
2023
Pages
47
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvorfor og hvordan Kinas Global Security Initiative (GSI) kan forstås som en mulig vej mod en kinesisk verdensorden. Den placerer GSI som en forlængelse af visionen om et fællesskab med en delt fremtid for menneskeheden og analyserer initiativet gennem tre teoretiske linser: All Under Heaven (Tianxia) inden for kulturistisk teori, konstruktivisme og moralrealisme. Som empirisk eksempel inddrages Kinas 12-punkts fredsforslag for krigen mellem Ukraine og Rusland. På tværs af perspektiverne belyser studiet, hvordan GSI’s betoning af gensidig respekt, åbenhed, inklusion, staters suverænitet og win-win-samarbejde kan hjælpe Kina med at tilpasse en sikkerhedsramme til egne kulturelle værdier, national identitet og strategiske interesser, samtidig med at der bidrages til normdannelse i global sikkerhedsstyring. Analysen peger på, at GSI giver Kina mulighed for at opbygge partnerskaber, projicere et fredeligt image og adressere konflikter gennem dialog; i Ukraine-tilfældet præsenteres initiativet som et grundlag for at fremme forhandlinger og fredelig konfliktløsning.
This thesis examines why and how China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) can be understood as a potential pathway toward a Chinese world order. It situates the GSI as an extension of the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind and analyzes the initiative through three theoretical lenses: the All Under Heaven idea within culturalist theory, constructivism, and moral realism. As an empirical illustration, it considers China’s 12-point peace proposal for the Ukraine–Russia war. Across these perspectives, the study explores how the GSI’s emphasis on mutual respect, openness, inclusiveness, state sovereignty, and win–win cooperation could help China align a proposed security framework with its cultural values, national identity, and strategic interests, while contributing to norm-building in global security governance. The analysis suggests that the GSI offers China a way to cultivate partnerships, project a peaceful image, and address conflicts through dialogue; in the Ukraine case, the initiative is presented as a basis for encouraging negotiations and peaceful settlement.
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