Zhikai Zhang - Multidimensional and Multilateral Approach Towards New Regionalism: China's Regional Strategy of Cooperation in Northeast Asia

M. ZHANG Zhikai

soutiendra publiquement sa dissertation pour l'obtention du titre de Docteur en Sciences Politiques et Sociales

"Multidimensional and Multilateral Approach Towards New Regionalism: China's Regional Strategy of Cooperation in Northeast Asia".

Résumé : At the end of the Cold War and under the influence of globalisation, China has adopted the strategy of new regionalism to maintain its peaceful development. It considers East Asia as priority of foreign relations and Northeast Asia as gravity of the region. It has been working to unify Northeast Asian countries, and to make the integration process in East Asia more efficient. It believes that more unified Northeast Asia and East Asia will serve as platform to its peaceful development in the globalised world. The objective of the research is to study the relevance between new regionalism and China's peaceful development. The research is an empirical study. It uses the theory of new regionalism to analyse China’s regional strategy of cooperation in Northeast Asia and East Asia. It adopted qualitative design, and uses both primary and secondary sources. It is a combination of historical, descriptive, comparative, and analytical methodologies. The findings of the research are: China’s strategy of new regionalism (multilateral and multidimensional approach) helps significantly its peaceful development in the age of globalisation. It has also accelarated the building up of East Asia Community (EAC) and the formation of a new world order. Through this research, the author intends to encourage China to continue its ‘Good Neighbour Policy’ and to invite East Asian countries to cooperate more closely, widely, and deeply.

Membres du jury :                                                                              
Professeur Tanguy Struye de Swielande (UCLouvain), Promoteur
Professeur Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael (UCLouvain), Co-promoteur et Secrétaire
Professeure Elena Aoun (UCLouvain), Présidente
Professeur Pierre Vercauteren (UCL Mons)
Professeur Sven Bischop (UGhent)
Professeur Rashila Ramli (Universiti Kebansgaan Malaysia)