Analyzing the topic distribution and evolution of foreign relations from parliamentary debates: A framework and case study
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Highlights：
• The quantitative analysis in terms of topic words and their correlation for mining and analysis of foreign relations is lacked and needed.
• A framework for studying foreign relations is proposed and tested with British parliamentary texts.
• Five communities are identified and the distribution of topics related to China is extremely unbalanced and highly concentrated.
• Evolution patterns of main topics are widely different in terms of continuity and development trends.
• The case study on UK-China relations contribute to deepen the understanding of international relations between the two countries, so as to provide valuable references and suggestions for the government and researchers.
摘要
•The quantitative analysis in terms of topic words and their correlation for mining and analysis of foreign relations is lacked and needed.•A framework for studying foreign relations is proposed and tested with British parliamentary texts.•Five communities are identified and the distribution of topics related to China is extremely unbalanced and highly concentrated.•Evolution patterns of main topics are widely different in terms of continuity and development trends.•The case study on UK-China relations contribute to deepen the understanding of international relations between the two countries, so as to provide valuable references and suggestions for the government and researchers.
论文关键词：Foreign relations,Parliamentary debates,Words correlation network,UK-China relations,Visualization
论文评审过程：Received 13 August 2019, Revised 31 October 2019, Accepted 23 December 2019, Available online 9 January 2020, Version of Record 9 January 2020.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102191
