COVID-19 “Humanitarianism” : : Geopolitical Logics of Chinese, American, and Russian Assistance / / Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Brittnee Carter.

• Superior document: Geopolitics and International Relations ; 4
• VerfasserIn: Omelicheva, Mariya Y.,; Carter, Brittnee,
• TeilnehmendeR: Carter, Brittnee,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Geopolitics and International Relations ; 4.; International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)

What motivates states to assist other countries in need? Focusing on Chinese, Russian, and American decisions about COVID-19 aid, this book illuminates the role of historically contingent ideas in donors’ decisions. Drawing on the theoretical insights of the critical geopolitics tradition, it advances and tests explanations for aid-related decisions on a novel global dataset of COVID-19 aid. Rigorously theorized, meticulously researched, and accessibly written, this book illuminates the ways in which China and Russia seek to reshape the humanitarian field consistent with their geopolitical visions. Their competition with the US over approaches to aid has weakened the integrity of humanitarian system.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Why Understanding States’ Motives for Humanitarian Assistance Is Important? -- 2 Argument in a Nutshell -- 3 Methods and Evidence -- 4 Overview of the Book -- 1 Critical Geopolitics Perspective on Humanitarian Assistance -- 1 Taking the Stock of Knowledge on Humanitarian Aid -- 2 Humanitarianism as a Geopolitical Discourse: Alternative Geopolitical Logics for Humanitarian Assistance -- 3 Contestations Over the Conceptual Architecture of Global Humanitarian Regime -- 2 China’s COVID -19 Humanitarianism: an Aid Model Rooted in the State-Centered Logic of Development Assistance -- 1 Background on China’s Humanitarianism -- 2 Elements of China’s Geopolitical Logic about Humanitarian Assistance -- 3 Where Did China Send Its COVID -19 Aid and Why -- 4 Statistical Analysis of China’s COVID -19 Assistance -- 3 Russia’s COVID -19 Aid Opportunism -- 1 Historical Background on Russia’s Humanitarian Aid -- 2 The Elements of Russia’s Geopolitical Logic for Humanitarian Aid -- 3 Analysis of Russia’s COVID -19 Allocations -- 4 Geopolitical, Geoeconomic, and Humanitarian Considerations for COVID -19 Assistance by the United States -- 1 Background on American Humanitarian Assistance -- 2 The Universalizing Logic of the US Humanitarian Assistance -- 3 US COVID -19 Assistance -- 4 Analysis of US Covid-19 Assistance -- 5 Global Geopolitics of Vaccine Distribution -- 1 Vaccine Humanitarianism -- 2 China’s COVID -19 Vaccine Assistance -- 3 Russia’s COVID -19 Vaccine Assistance -- 4 US COVID -19 Vaccine Assistance -- Conclusion -- 1 Overview of Findings -- 2 Ways Forward -- 3 Lessons for the Traditional Donors -- References -- Index.