| Configuring the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Power, Interests and Status Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Politics & International Relations; Economics Finance and Accounting; International Political Economy; Finance; Business Management and Accounting; Asian Politics; International Politics; International Relations; U.S. Politics; International Economics; Political Economy; Banking; International Business; Chinese Politics; Globalization; Politics of International Trade; American Politics; Foreign Policy; Global Governance; International Organizations; International Relations Theory; Transnationalism; American Political Economy; Studying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) through the lens of international relations (IR) theory, Chen argues that it is inappropriate to treat the AIIB as either a revisionist or a complementary institution. Instead, the bank is still evolving and the interaction of power, interests, and status that will determine whether the bank will go wild. Theoretically, the current shape of the AIIB will influence global strategic conditions and global perceptions of the bank itself, consequently affecting China's level of dissatisfaction with its power and status in the international financial system and maneuvering in the AIIB. To empirically show that, this book presents the evolution of the AIIB, compares the bank with its main competitors in the Asia-Pacific region, and conducts ten comparative case studies to show how countries around the world have positioned themselves in response to the emergence of the AIIB. This book presents critical insights for scholars and foreign-policy practitioners to understand China's surging influence in international organizations and how China can shape the world order. It should prove of interest to students and scholars of IR, strategic studies, China Studies, Asian Studies, developmental studies, economics, and global finance. Ian Tsung-yen Chen is Associate Professor in the Institute of Political Science at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. |