Abstract The article inquires into the conditions of effective leadership of states in international politics, and develops a framework for the study of so-called (new)…
Country or Region: China
Summary China’s successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in 2007, followed by the U.S. destruction earlier this year of an out-of-control U.S. satellite, demonstrated that…
Abstract Since pre-modern Chinese times, China has grounded itself in a traditional manner of behaving, thinking, and living in a society in accord with heaven-sanctioned…
Abstract As the US is becoming more central to global energy as a result of its success in oil and gas production, it has caused…
Abstract There has not only been an escalation in Sino–North Korean economic relations of late, but a qualitative shift has also taken place in the…
Abstract On January 19, 2011, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao issued a joint statement following Hu’s visit to Washington. The two presidents announced…
Abstract In his recent article in International Security, David Shambaugh provides a far-ranging and thought-provoking account of China’s engagement policy with the wider Asian region,…
Abstract During the Xinhai revolution, China faced contending domestic identities, and its roles within the international order were assigned by external powers. In the 100…
Abstract Yan Xuetong’s recent article1 is a smart effort to explain why, after 30 years of diplomatic relations Sino–US relations are still unstable, indeed becoming…
Abstract Reciprocal trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated rapidly in Asia in recent years, an unprecedented phenomenon in a region in which state-led institution-building efforts were…
Abstract This essay presents a theoretical approach toward war and peace, reviews basic conditions for world leadership, discusses four modes of global power transitions, illuminates…
Abstract This paper looks at ASEAN’s role in the context of the three main bilateral relations among the great powers in Asia: China-US, China-Japan, and…
Abstract Nuclear rivalry in South Asia is discussed almost exclusively in terms of the India-Pakistan binary relationship. However, the detail of the nuclear weapons proliferation…
Summary This book examines the responses to U.S. power in the two areas of the world where U.S. primacy was first successfully consolidated: East Asia…
Abstract The role of the People’s Republic of China in international relations (IR) is academically contested and politically crucial. While the dominance of (neo-)realist perspectives…
