Why have China's military deployments overseas remained low despite possessing the capabilities to deploy troops abroad?

• Main Author: Seow, Ian Cheng Wei
• Other Authors: Dylan Loh Ming Hui
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169743
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China’s re-emergence as a military power has generated debates within existing International Relations (IR) theories about China’s military deployments overseas. Offensive realism opine that China will deploy troops abroad to challenge the US’ hegemony in Asia, while social constructivism argue that...