Abstract In CLM 32, we examined how both Chinese and outside observers look at China’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, that is, the purely…
Country or Region: China
Abstract This report includes the following essays: “East China and Yellow Seas Overview Essay”, “China, South Korea, and the Yellow Sea”, “Dealing with North Korean…
Abstract This report address the major security issues associated with the South China Sea (SCS). It includes an introductory essay by RADM (ret.) Michael A.…
Continue reading McDevitt, Michael A., M. Taylor Fravel, and Lewis M. Stern
Summary This is a fascinating insight into China’s strategic abilities and ambitions, probing the real depths of its plans for the twenty-first century. China’s Rising…
Abstract This survey of official and quasi-official Chinese-language naval literature provides some new insights regarding Beijing’s evolving strategy in the South China Sea. Most importantly…
Abstract Since the 1995–96 Taiwan Strait crisis, scholars and policymakers have become increasingly concerned about China’s territorial ambitions. Yet China has also used peaceful means…
Abstract Whether China’s rise as a great power will be peaceful or violent is a question that animates scholars and policymakers alike. Power transition theory…
Abstract This article examines China’s behaviour in the South China Sea disputes through the lens of its strategy for managing its claims. Since the mid-1990s,…
Summary This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the security discourse of Chinese policy elites on the major powers in East Asia in…
Summary In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for…
Absract Many commentators wonder whether China is a status quo power that will continue to comply with regional and international norms or whether it is…
Summary New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy is an in-depth analysis of China’s new place in international affairs. Taking Hu Jintao’s proposal for “peaceful development” as…
Abstract A series of moves in China’s foreign policies since the global financial crisis in 2008 seems to suggest that China is now more confident…
Abstract Over the course of the last decade, students of Chinese foreign relations have engaged in an extended, and often rather breathless, debate over the…
Abstract China aims to secure, across the globe, the natural resources and raw materials needed to sustain the rapid economic growth in its manufacturing and…
