Security with Chinese characteristics: How the Global Security Initiative reflects Beijing’s priorities at home (William Matthews – The Interpreter)

China’s “Global Security Initiative”, China’s vision for the international security order, has just turned three years old. The emerging picture of the GSI presents China as the leading responsible power committed to multilateral engagement and the provision of comprehensive security as a global good. But when read against China’s domestic security agenda, there are grounds for other countries to be concerned about China’s vision when it comes to traditional security.

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