1. Taking Chinese IR Scholars Seriously -- 2. On China’s Power and International Order: Is China a Challenger? -- 3. On US–China Relations: Problems and Prospects -- 4. On Chinese Foreign Policy and International Relations -- 5. Understanding China’s Rise through the Eyes of Scholars and...

section 1. Globalisation : political, economic and cultural dimensions -- section 2. Sustainable development, social welfare and human resources -- section 3. Civil society, informal networks and local governance -- Section 4. Globalisation : security and strategic dimensions

This book examines the direction of the BRICS association. Beginning with historical analyses of the broader Global South and the fundamental composition of the BRICS countries and then moving on to present trends, The BRICS Order evaluates the variables that will influence the association's...

Rising powers have attracted tremendous interest in international politics and theory. Yet the ways in which secondary powers strategically respond to regional changes in the distribution of power have been largely neglected. This article seeks to fill this gap by presenting a systematic...

"Until the global financial crisis, China was thought to be decades away from overtaking the United States as the world's largest economy. But while the US skirted economic stagnation, China was able to successfully navigate the crisis, and its growth continues to accelerate. Has the time...

With the beginning of the post‐Maoist era, the focus of Chinese foreign policy shifted from ideology and revolution to pragmatism and reform. Chinese scholars in the field of International Relations (IR) are now encouraged to develop abstract scientific analyses of China's international...