China's Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

Contributors
Robert Art, Brandeis University
Avery Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania
G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University
Byung-Kook Kim, Korea University
Jonathan Kirshner, Cornell University
Jeffrey W. Legro, University of Virginia
Jack S. Levy, Rutgers University
Qin Yaqing, China Foreign Affairs University
Robert S. Ross, Boston College
Akio Takahara, University of Tokyo
Tang Shiping, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wei Ling, China Foreign Affairs University
Zhu Feng, Peking University

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. It offers multiple analytical perspectives--constructivist, liberal, neorealist--on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence.

Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of China "from the inside": How do Chinese policymakers evaluate the contemporary international order and what are the regional and global implications of that worldview? The authors also address the implications of China's increasing power for Chinese policymaking and for the foreign policies of Korea, Japan, and the United States.