| Abstract [eng] |
Features of China's Strategic Culture under the Leadership of Xi Jinping This thesis analysed China’s strategic culture within four main fields that has crucial impact on how the state can behave within international system. First analysed field was China’s armed forces that allowed revealing China’s inclination to use military forces. Second analysed field examined China’s participation in armed conflicts. Third field took into consideration zero sum game that discussed different positions of China within international system. Lastly, analysis of China’s activities within United Nations Security Council was carried out. Subsequently, China’s strategic culture was defined taking into consideration findings from four analysed fields. Conclusions of this work allowed to understand that China is ambitious player within international system and might wish to expand its interests but China will not try to overpower United States. It is more likely that international system might become bipolar; however, it will differ from the bipolar system which existed during the Cold War. China will not be as aggressive and competition between the two is not likely. The new bipolar system might mean peaceful coexistence. The problem (academic question): China’s military power shows the signs of extensive growth, which shows potential for expansion of its territories and political power within political system, it does not mean that China is planning to become monopole power within political system. The main question: What does China’s strategic culture under the Leadership of Xi Jinping mean to the world’s geopolitical system? Does growing China’s military power mean China’s aggressiveness within world’s political arena? The purpose of the study: assess China’s political culture with the purpose to prove that China changes its ambitions and wants to become world’s superpower, nevertheless, it does not mean that China is becoming one dominant power of the world. Objectives: 1) create unique methodological model to fit the purpose of the study; 2) explain main objective features of China’s strategic culture 3) explain main subjective features of China’s strategic culture 4) assess the possible place of China within international system in the future. The main finding: Even though China has military potential to become monopole world’s superpower, it lacks the influence through the soft power. China is not able to make its culture universal and dominant due to high and sophisticated development of its culture. High development means difficulty for common public to adopt it and feel comfortable within it. |
