Institutional transfer of power in the international order: opportunities and challenges of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for China

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1 Associate Professor in International Relations, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

2 M.A in Regional Studies, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

10.22034/fr.2024.403607.1403

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China's rise in the world order has made discussions about the relationship of this government with the international order left by Bretton Woods and its future among China scholars and policy makers. One of the important aspects of this discussion is the explanation of China's approach to the global institutional order. While acknowledging China's dissatisfaction with international financial institutions and this country's efforts to gradually rebuild an alternative to this system, the establishment and operation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is in line with China's efforts, which can be considered within the framework of the institutional power. Based on this, this article aims to recognize the capacities of this bank in realizing China's institutional power in the international order by posing the question, what opportunities and challenges does this bank pose to China for the transfer of power in the international order? As a hypothesis, the article argues, the playing the role of this bank in the direction of advancing and strengthening China's institutional power can be analyzed in the light of identifying the capacities and challenges of this institution. , the research findings show that this bank, as one of the tools of institutional power, brings opportunities such as the internationalization of the yuan, the promotion of Asian values, and the introduction of China as a responsible great power for China., there are challenges such as the institutionalization of the Bretton Woods system, the challenges of playing the role of the yuan as a global currency, and the perception of a threat to China's economic rise.

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