Sympathetic States: Explaining the Russian and Chinese Responses September 11

Hall talks about international leaders finding themselves formulation policy under such circumstances in the direct aftermath of September 11. Hall looks at the behavior of two states in particular-the Russian Federation (RF) and the People's Republic of China (PRC)-to explore how their respective leaders chose to act toward the United States. Given that the RF and the PRC were regional great powers with security concerns both vis-a-vis the United States and Central Asia, their behavior in this instance should not be exempt from the claims of mainstream international relations theory.