China's search for security
"Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. Understanding China's foreign policy means fully appreciating these geostrategic challenges, which persist...
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New York, NY
Columbia University Press
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Interest and identity in Chinese foreign policy. What drives Chinese foreign policy? ; Who runs Chinese foreign policy?
- Part II. Security challenges and strategies. China's Russia policy during the Cold War and after ; Deciphering the U.S. threat ; The Northeast Asia regional system ; China's other neighbors : the Asia-Pacific ; China in the fourth ring
- Part III. Holding together : territorial integrity and foreign policy. Problems of stateness : Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan ; Taiwan's democratic transition and China's response
- Part IV. Instruments of power. Dilemmas of opening : power and vulnerability in the global economy ; Military modernization : from people's war to power projection ; Soft power and human rights in Chinese foreign policy
- Part V. Conclusion. Threat or equilibrium?