Hayes, Anna (2024) International Institutions. In: Fong, Brian C.H., and Chong, Ja Ian, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 285-299.

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Abstract

This chapter examines how international institutions are a critical site of great power competition, which is enacted via power bargaining, strategic co-optation, rhetorical coercion, and principled persuasion. It also recognises the important role played by international institutions in encouraging cooperation between states. In the second part of the chapter, attention is focused on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), with a particular focus on how China is applying pressure to other member states via its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as the 'Like-Minded-Group', to repel criticism or condemnation of its activities inside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang).In doing so, it documents how great power competition is playing out within the HRC and it draws attention to the revisionist nature of the Chinese state.

Item ID:	83470
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	9781003340997
Keywords:	great power competition, Human Rights Council, China, Uyghur, Xinjiang
Copyright Information:	© 2025 selection and editorial matter, Brian C. H. Fong and Ja Ian Chong; individual chapters, the contributors.
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2024 03:01
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440808 International relations @ 50% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440811 Political theory and political philosophy @ 50%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2303 International relations > 230303 International organisations @ 100%
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