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This new book by Prof. David Skidmore may be of interest to some of you: <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">
<i>China, the West, and the Global Development Financing Regime: Competitive Convergence,</i> is now available from Edward Elgar Publishing. The book examines how China and traditional Western-led financial institutions are reshaping the global development
landscape—sometimes in competition, often in convergence, and always with implications for multilateralism and global order. Drawing on case studies, institutional analysis, and evolving trends in global finance, the book explores:</span></div>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" role="presentation">The strategic evolution of China’s development finance model</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" role="presentation">Interactions between Chinese institutions (e.g., AIIB, CDB) and Western-led MDBs</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" role="presentation">Governance and accountability challenges in a multipolar financing regime</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" role="presentation">Emerging patterns of convergence between Chinese and Western practices</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" role="presentation">Broader implications for global development norms and infrastructure finance</span></li></ul>
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A more extensive summary can be found below. An ebook edition is available on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9781035334377&c=books&hl=en_GB" data-outlook-id="d88c3ef6-2dc8-4b4f-b9d8-61c933f43b0b">
Google Play</a>. Also, see the enclosed flyer for information on how to purchase a discounted hardback copy. </div>
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David Skidmore<br>
Professor of Political Science<br>
Drake University</div>
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Vice Dean, Qingdao-Drake United College<br>
<a href="mailto:david.skidmore@drake.edu" data-outlook-id="8b64b9c1-73ac-4912-a6f7-5e3c42c9e823">david.skidmore@drake.edu</a><br>
(515) 271-3843<br>
Office: Meredith 213<br>
<a href="https://www.drake.edu/polsci/facultystaff/davidskidmore/" data-outlook-id="67bb2831-4879-46ad-a053-bd5979c35ce4">Bio</a><br>
<a href="https://substack.com/@davidskidmore?utm_source=user-menu" data-outlook-id="ac3e7983-65ac-4621-9451-177bcd0d2d5b">Substack</a><br>
<a href="https://skidmore.blog/" data-outlook-id="7e7d574d-4ef9-4842-abbd-b3a7805f4604">Blog</a><br>
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2LC1d3QAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1" data-outlook-id="6e02d3ff-74b9-40c5-9470-927747503aaf">Google Scholar </a><br>
<a href="https://drake.academia.edu/DavidSkidmore" data-outlook-id="fd3d8f9a-2ade-4013-9d91-c3ac624ff91b">Academia.edu </a><br>
<a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/uschina/" data-outlook-id="37f7c13b-b41c-4d1a-9d01-041e4fb593ad">US-China Podcast</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Skidmore/author/B000AP9FEM?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=79af8153-438a-4d71-9a29-7ea25e7daa4b" data-outlook-id="51b66a6a-d6ad-49c3-a98e-c7b1f221d986">Amazon author page</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/International-Political-Economy-Struggle-Globalizing-ebook/dp/B01NAH1JK8?ref_=ast_author_mpb" data-outlook-id="a7c3a208-3c89-44b7-a46d-2ef3787d5007">International Political Economy</a><br>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unilateralist-Temptation-American-Foreign-Analysis-ebook/dp/B0B9KGWMZ9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LCMLWY4M9VYA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rkbbzHPDzP8_Rl8Hp7HiHA.eVnsZzeXBx5GuymJZp6aRhWvhF0V_C-XpXPXjpfQDj8&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Unilateralist+Temptation+in+American+Foreign+Policy&qid=1745168703&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+unilateralist+temptation+in+american+foreign+policy,digital-text,91&sr=1-1" data-outlook-id="65026201-a9cf-4ae8-b35f-2994d10f379d">The
Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy</a><br>
<a href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/china-the-west-and-the-global-development-finance-regime-9781035334360.html" data-outlook-id="28ec7520-b5a7-4963-9eab-aa6077c16bee">China, the West, and the Global Development Finance Regime</a></div>
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Synopsis: This book interrogates the evolving dynamics of global development finance amid renewed great power competition, focusing on China’s rise as a dominant funder and its impact on the liberal international order (LIO). Challenging assumptions of ideological
bifurcation, the study advances the concept of <i>competitive convergence</i>—a process through which both China and the West have emulated one another’s practices rather than diverging into distinct blocs. Drawing on extensive case studies—including the Belt
and Road Initiative, the AIIB, and Western institutional responses—the book reveals how strategic competition has produced a more pluralistic, post-neoliberal development regime. Rather than disrupting the LIO, China’s actions have reshaped it from within,
reflecting adaptation rather than rupture. This nuanced, empirically grounded analysis offers scholars a fresh framework for understanding institutional change in global governance and the complex interdependence shaping today’s multipolar order.</div>
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