par Kellner, Thierry 
;Aoun, Elena
Référence China-Africa in Global Comparative Perspective 5th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference (5th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference: 4 juillet 2018: Bruxelles)
Publication Non publié, 2018-07-04
;Aoun, Elena Référence China-Africa in Global Comparative Perspective 5th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference (5th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference: 4 juillet 2018: Bruxelles)
Publication Non publié, 2018-07-04
Communication à un colloque
| Résumé : | China has shown increased assertiveness in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA Region) in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings and especially so in its relations with Egypt. While Western powers were thriving to adapt their policies and to overcome major discrepancies between their discourses and their practices in the fluctuating post-“Arab Spring” Egyptian environment, China has significantly developed its relations with the country, irrespective of who has been at the helm (the military, Morsi or Sissi).Based on an extensive data collection (facts and figures on trade and cooperation, diplomatic and political statements, initiatives,…) in 4 languages (Arabic, Mandarin, English and French) this qualitative oriented paper argues from a constructivist perspective that the turbulence ushered in by the “Arab Springs” has opened new opportunities for China to build a new role in this region. This is particularly so as local actors are seeking new alliances to strengthen their hand in times of shifting tides. This co-construction of a new Chinese role is seen as constitutive of a reordering of global balances that challenges the Western-dominated status quo ante not through the dismantling of the existing international system but rather through a resistance to the Western monopoly over its evolution and over the production and interpretation of norms. |
