TY - JOUR
T1 - Role dynamics and trust in France-China coopetition
AU - Tran, Émilie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/10/20
Y1 - 2023/10/20
N2 - Among the Mediterranean states, France has arguably the most complex bilateral relationship with China: their intense economic exchange and all-encompassing cooperation are not only the longest and eventful, but they are also marred with enduring and mounting concerns. Intersecting two distinct concepts from the international relations’ literature, i.e., role theory and trust, this article makes both empirical and theoretical contributions. It examines sixty years of France-China interaction mechanisms, looking at France’s role conception, expectations, performance and adaptation. On the theoretical front, it proposes to characterize the concurrent cooperation and competition between France and China as coopetition, thus adding a new role enactment, that of coopetitor, to the existing conceptions of national roles.
AB - Among the Mediterranean states, France has arguably the most complex bilateral relationship with China: their intense economic exchange and all-encompassing cooperation are not only the longest and eventful, but they are also marred with enduring and mounting concerns. Intersecting two distinct concepts from the international relations’ literature, i.e., role theory and trust, this article makes both empirical and theoretical contributions. It examines sixty years of France-China interaction mechanisms, looking at France’s role conception, expectations, performance and adaptation. On the theoretical front, it proposes to characterize the concurrent cooperation and competition between France and China as coopetition, thus adding a new role enactment, that of coopetitor, to the existing conceptions of national roles.
KW - China
KW - France
KW - coopetition
KW - role theory
KW - trust
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/med/2023/00000028/00000005/art00005
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126034973&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13629395.2022.2035138
DO - 10.1080/13629395.2022.2035138
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1362-9395
VL - 28
SP - 785
EP - 811
JO - Mediterranean Politics
JF - Mediterranean Politics
IS - 5
ER -