The SIPRI Policy Paper New Foreign Policy Actors in China by Linda Jakobson and Dean Knox has been awarded an Albie by the journal Foreign Policy. The Albies are given to the 10 best publications on the global political economy of the past year.

The criteria for winning the award is:"Any book, journal article, magazine piece, op-ed, or blog post published in the last calendar year that made you rethink how the world works in such a way that you will never be able "unthink" the argument."

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Linda Jakobson and Dean Knox's report is an analysis of the new actors that influence Chinese foreign policy decisions.

"Actors outside the traditional power structure increasingly shape China’s foreign policy. Expanding pluralism within Chinese society and China’s growing interdependence with the international community have led to the emergence of new players who want to have an impact on foreign policy formulation in line with their own, sometimes narrowly defined, interests".

Linda Jakobson (Finland) is Director of the SIPRI China and Global Security Programme.

Dean Knox (United States) is a Research Assistant with the SIPRI China and Global Security Programme. 

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