Is China a Responsible Stakeholder?
Whether China is a responsible stakeholder is evaluated from employing three sets of standards: normative, ‘aspirational’ ones (that which make a good community member and an upstanding citizen); rational choice (acting in line with shared or complementary self-interest); and power analysis (whether China is upsetting an established world order or contributing to the formation of a new one?). In the process, not merely China but the standards themselves are examined.
Resetting EU–China relations from a values-based to an interests-based engagement
The relationship between the European Union (EU) as an international actor and The People's Republic of China is currently in crisis whose root causes are more than just Eurozone instability but extends into important policy domains including global governance, trade reciprocity and bilateral investment. This article argues that underlying these tensions has been too great an emphasis by the EU on a primarily values-based engagement model that has collided with historically resonant hostility and different social norms to create obstacles that now need to be overcome. In so doing, it moves beyond the theory of defensive normativity, instead proposing that only when European interests can be intersected with China's predominantly realist world view will successful negotiating outcomes begin to be forged. An exploration of China's core national interests is overlapped with the EU's engagement patterns to help explain past failures and illustrate possible future strategies for resolving challenges.
Computer Simulation Modeling
Computer simulation as a research methodology is presented as the intersection of modeling, simulation, and computer analysis. Five component parts of simulation models are identified: input variables, output variables, assumptions, algorithms, and parameters. Computer simulation (CSM) has two primary uses for those interested in the study of organizations or who work within them: theory development and policy planning. The advantages and disadvantages of CSM for each of these purposes are examined and recent examples for each are explored.