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China & the World is the single most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs. Students, scholars, practitioners, and publics worldwide will all benefit from the information and insights contained in this volume. Edited by David Shambaugh, one of the world's leading China specialists, and written by fifteen leading international experts on China, this volume covers China's contemporary position in all regions of the world, with all major powers, and across multiple arenas of China's international interactions. It also explores the sources of China's grand strategy, how the past shapes the present, and the impact of domestic factors that shape China's external behaviour.
List of contents
- Dedication
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- I. INTRODUCTION
- 1. China's Long March to Global Power -David Shambaugh
- II. HISTORICAL SOURCES
- 2. Legacies of the Past -Odd Arne Westad
- 3. China's National Experiences and the Evolution of PRC Grand Strategy -Chas W. Freeman Jr.
- III. DOMESTIC SOURCES
- 4. Nationalism, Social Influences, and Chinese Foreign Policy -Peter Gries
- 5. China's Foreign Policy Making Process: Players and Institutions -Suisheng Zhao
- IV. DOMAINS OF CHINA'S GLOBAL INTERACTIONS
- 6. China's Global Economic Interactions -Barry Naughton
- 7. China's Global Cultural Interactions -Shaun Breslin
- 8. China's Global Governance Interactions -Katherine Morton
- 9. China's Global Military-Security Interactions -Phillip Saunders
- V. CHINA'S BILATERAL and REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- 10. China's Relations with the United States -Robert Sutter
- 11. China's Relations with Russia -Alexei D. Voskressenski
- 12. China's Relations with Europe -Francois Godement
- 13. China's Relations with Asia: Continuity Amid Change -Michael Yahuda
- 14. China's Relations with the Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East -Joshua Eisenman and Eric Heginbotham
- 15. Regional Multilateralism with Chinese Characteristics -Srikanth Kondapalli
- VI. PATTERNS and PROSPECTS
- 16. China and the World: Future Challenges -David Shambaugh
- Index
About the author
David Shambaugh is an internationally recognized authority and award-winning author on contemporary China and the international relations of Asia. He is currently the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs, and the founding Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. An active public intellectual and frequent commentator in the international media, he serves on numerous editorial boards, and has been a consultant to governments, research institutions, foundations, universities, corporations, banks, and investment funds. As an author, Professor Shambaugh has published more than 30 books and 300 articles.
Summary
As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China's reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it's also a problematic interlocutor for others. In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists David Shambaugh has assembled fifteen leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs. The volume covers China's contemporary position in all regions of the world, with all major powers, and across multiple arenas of China's international interactions. It also explores the sources of China's grand strategy, how the past shapes the present, and the impact of domestic factors that shape China's external behavior. China and the World is a uniquely focused and well-organized volume that provides many insights into China's calculations and behavior, and identifies a number of challenges China will face in the future.
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This book is closing a gap in the literature on China and a must read for anyone trying to understand China's growing global role. The authors offer a comprehensive view on all major aspects of China's rise. Impressive reading!
