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SUMMARY:‘The American tributary system in international politics’ - Dr
  Yuen Foong Khong (Nuffield College\, Oxford)
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CONTACT:Christopher Hill
DESCRIPTION:The talk is based on a recent paper that employs the idea of t
 he tributary system—most often associated with China’s international r
 elations from antiquity—to interpret how America relates to the rest of 
 the world.  I argue that the United States has instituted the most success
 ful tributary system the world has ever seen.  As the hub or epicenter of 
 the most extensive network of formal and informal alliances ever built\, t
 he U.S. offers its allies and partners--or tributaries--military protectio
 n as well as economic access to its markets.  In return for all its exerti
 ons\, the tribute America seeks is straightforward: first\, that it be rec
 ognized as the power or hegemon\, and second\, that others emulate its pol
 itical forms and ideas. With both tributes in hand\, the U.S. finds equani
 mity\; it and the world are safe\, at least from the U.S. point of view.\n
 \nFull publication can be found at http://cjip.oxfordjournals.org/content/
 6/1/1.full.pdf
LOCATION:Room 138\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road
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