's emerging new world order is unimaginable without China playing a crucial role in it. The general aim of this book is to study … making / Xiudian Dai -- China-Japan / Shogo Suzuki -- China and India--two rising rivals? / Heinrich Kreft -- Current Russian …-way relationship? / Gerald Hainzl -- World energy security policy--Asia on the move / Klaus Fischer -- The EU arms embargo against …

the respective roles of China, Japan, and Korea, nor the unresolved disputes about Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the islands in … (Germany, China, Japan, and Brazil); and (3) the role of non-core states - smaller and middle-range powers (Italy and Greece in …

"This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and …