Chinese Dissident Game Two Players between the U.S. and China PRC

  • Susy Tekunan Universitas Pelita Harapan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32787/ijir.v1i1.2
Keywords: game theory, US – China relations, diplomacy, signaling game, repeated game

Abstract

The paper analyzes the decision that the U.S. took upon the request of a Chinese dissent requesting for asylum when the U.S. Secretary of State came to China for a diplomatic visit. The analytical paper extracted the international issue between two contending countries using the game theory to consider the implication and thus to find a solution to the conundrum. Game theory allows for positive results if it is a repeated game but for this rare situation it is not likely that it is a regular game to be repeated over time. While this event is in the past, a similar situation may arise that could use the signaling and strategic decision making process by using this practical yet rarely applied method. 

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Author Biography

Susy Tekunan, Universitas Pelita Harapan
Susy Tekunan is the chair of the Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) International Relations department and a lecturer. She teaches subjects that include Introduction to International Relations, Social Research Method, International Politics and Multinational Corporation. Prior to (UPH) she worked as an international journalist at the Voice of America in Washington DC covering humanitarian and political issues for multimedia publication including TV, radio and the internet. She holds Masters of Business Administration from Radford University in Virginia and Masters of Art in Political Science from New York University in New York. Currently she is taking courses for in the School of Divinity and Theology at Universitas Pelita Harapan. Her research interest is in ASEAN regional integration, social political topics, democratization, inequality and political economy.

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Published
2017-06-10
How to Cite
Tekunan, S. (2017). Chinese Dissident Game Two Players between the U.S. and China PRC. Indonesian Journal of International Relations, 1(1), 40-47. https://doi.org/10.32787/ijir.v1i1.2
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Articles

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