Summary While, over the last 30 years, the global economy’s center of gravity has shifted to East Asia, the region has remained surprisingly free of…
Country or Region: China
Abstract The conventional understanding of Japan’s approach to East Asian regionalism is that of a primacy struggle with China, using both hard and soft balancing.…
Abstract There has been a rapidly spreading meme in U.S. pundit and academic circles since 2010 that describes China’s recent diplomacy as “newly assertive.” This…
Abstract How should the United States respond to China’s rise? What are China’s strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world…
Abstract What for years has been seen as the core of China’s most stable relations—economic exchanges with small and developing states on its periphery such…
Abstract An American and Chinese expert jointly argue that at least three fundamental factors, which can be further strengthened, are increasingly reinforcing one another to…
Abstract Beijing’s rise threatens a power transition at the core of the global system. Yet China is tied to that system through dense economic linkages,…
From the publisher: Chinese government officials and academics have shown disproportionate interest in the small city-state of Singapore. The Southeast Asian country with a majority ethnic…
Abstract The U.S. shift toward Asia should and will continue, but Washington must both account for an insecure China for rebalancing to achieve its intended…
From the publisher: 2011 was a watershed for nuclear power. In March, all eyes focused on Japan, where the world’s third severe accident at a nuclear…
Summary East Asia is without question a region of huge economic, political and security significance. Asian Security and the Rise of China offers a comprehensive overview and…
Abstract Some scholars argue that soft balancing is a typical state behavior against the hegemon under unipolarity. Others contend that soft balancing against the hegemon…
Abstract Is unipolarity sustainable? The dominant perspective among international relations scholars is that the United States is in decline relative to China, and that much…
Summary China is rising. But how should the West – and the United States in particular – respond? This could be the key geopolitical question…
Summary The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates,…
