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In order to analyse the main driving forces in Chinese foreign policy, this article advances a neoclassical realist argument detailing how certain domestic dynamics that develop between an authoritarian leadership and the society when the country is 'rising' constrain its foreign policy behaviour in complex ways. Subsequently, the derived analytical framework is applied in an analysis of China's 'assertive turn' in East Asia. It shows how certain authoritarian regime concerns intensify as China's great power capabilities and influence grow, resulting in a different room to manoeuvre for Beijing in East Asia, which both encourages and enables a more assertive foreign policy behaviour. In the foreign policy literature, there is general agreement that regime type matters and has explanatory power when seeking to specify the domestic restraints on states' foreign policy. However, there is still a lack of systematic conceptualisation of the regime type variable and theoretical explanations for how it matters. The neoclassical realist argument on the foreign policy of rising authoritarian states developed in this article is a step in this direction bridging the research fields of international relations, comparative politics and area studies.

There is among Chinese international relations scholars an intense debate about how China can protect and promote Chinese global presence and interests while at the same time continue to adhere to the principle of non-intervention. New concepts, distinctions and approaches are developing as the debate progresses. The current Chinese foreign and security policy practice reflects a more flexible and pragmatic Chinese interpretation – and implementation – of the principle of non-intervention with different degrees and types of intervention. This article explores the search for "legitimate great power intervention" characterizing both the debate among Chinese international relations scholars and the current Chinese foreign and security policy practice, and uses this case as the departure point for a more general discussion of the drivers of change – and continuity – in Chinese foreign and security policy. (China Q/GIGA)

Is it possible for authoritarian states such as China, Russia, and Iran to combine the soft power narratives directed primarily towards an international audience with the narratives directed primarily towards a domestic audience that are aimed at maintaining regime security? To investigate this question, this article analyses the 2015 military parade in Beijing, using this case to highlight and discuss the constraints on Chinese leaders' efforts to project soft power. The key finding is that soft power will continue to be the weak link in China's pursuit of a great power position and status as long as what continues to count as "Chinese" is defined in opposition to hostile "others" and the humiliation narrative continues to function as the central identity marker in the party-led construction of national identity (the "us"). (JCCA/GIGA)

Introduktion : Stormagtskonkurrencen i Arktis og Nordatlanten og dens implikationer -- Rusland i Arktis : Fra Arktis som ressourcebase til aikring af suverænitet -- Kina i Arktis : Stormagtsambitioner og indenrigspolitiske prioriteter -- USA i Arktis : Kampen om isbryderne og USA's arktiske sotrmagtsidentitet -- Vil stormagtskonkurrencen ændre Arktisk Råds betydning for USA? -- Danmark har gode muligheder for at mindske sotrmagtkonkurrencen i Arktis -- Grønlands betydning for Danmark og kernen i det dansk-grønlandske forhold -- Grønland som udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitisk aktør -- Grænser for færøsk paradiplomati? -- Dansk militær opbygning i Grønland og fastholdelse af arktisk lavspænding -- Kampen om flåden : kystvagt eller krig i farvandene omkring Grønland -- Flyvevåbnets opgaver og operative udfordringer ved indsættelse af luftmagt i Arktis -- Færøerne er en selvstændig overvejelse i forsvars- og sikkerhedspolitikken -- Konklusion : Nye perspektiver på stormagtskonkurrencen og dens implikationer.