ABSTRACT Scholarship on paradiplomacy, or sub-national diplomacy, has often focused on economics, trade, cooperation and politics. The deepening of strategic competition between the People’s Republic of China and the United States has raised the stakes for sub-national diplomacy. While US-PRC strategic competition occurs primarily at the national level, the subnational level plays an important role in terms of creating opportunities for influence and advancing the strategic interests. In this article recent paradiplomacy in the Indo-Pacific is examined, as is the is the intersection of paradiplomacy with strategic competition.

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战略竞争和印太准外交的演变作用

摘要 关于准外交或次国家外交的奖学金通常侧重于经济、贸易、合作和政治。中美战略竞争的深化，加大了地方外交的风险。虽然美中战略竞争主要发生在国家层面，但次国家层面在创造影响机会和推进战略利益方面发挥着重要作用。在本文中，研究了印度-太平洋地区最近的准外交，以及准外交与战略竞争的交集。