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Long, Tom (Thomas Stephen) and Urdinez, Francisco (2021) Status at the margins : why Paraguay recognizes Taiwan and shuns China. Foreign Policy Analysis, 17 (1). oraa002. doi:10.1093/fpa/oraa002 ISSN 1743-8586.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/oraa002
Abstract
Why do some states choose to recognize de facto states, even when this involves potential costs? We explore this question through the case of Paraguay–Taiwan relations, arguing that Paraguay uses its diplomatic recognition policy for status seeking, which generates intangible and material benefits that offset the macroeconomic opportunity costs of foregone Chinese investment, aid and credit. We build an econometric model to estimate Paraguay's “Taiwan cost” and then develop a qualitative case study that draws on semi-structured interviews with actors in Paraguayan foreign policymaking to explain the domestic dynamics that underpin the relationship. We advance recent work on small states’ pursuit of international status by illustrating how small and de facto states follow different status-seeking rationales than those commonly recognized in the literature. We also build on that literature by exploring how elite structures shape status seeking. Though unusual, the case of Paraguay–Taiwan relations has broader implications for bilateral relationships with de facto states and status-seeking strategies of small states.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Decentralization in government, Paraguay -- Politics and government , Paraguay -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan, Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- Paraguay, Taiwan -- International status, Paraguay -- Foreign economic relations -- Taiwan, Taiwan -- Foreign economic relation -- Paraguay, Paraguay -- International status | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Foreign Policy Analysis | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1743-8586 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2021 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 17 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| Article Number: | oraa002 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/fpa/oraa002 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Foreign Policy Analysis following peer review. The version of record Tom Long, Francisco Urdinez, Status at the Margins: Why Paraguay Recognizes Taiwan and Shuns China, Foreign Policy Analysis, , oraa002, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/oraa002 | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 November 2019 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 April 2022 | |||||||||
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