China's Power and Asian Security [Hardcover]

One of the most significant factors for contemporary international relations is the growth of Chinas economic, military, and political power. Indeed, few analysts would dispute the observation that Chinas power has strongly influenced the structure of the international system, major-power strategic relations, international security, the patterns of trans-border economic activities, and most importantly, the political and security dynamics in Asia in the twenty-first century.

This book maps the growth of Chinas political, economic, and military capabilities and its impact on the security order in Asia over the coming decades. While updating the emerging power dimensions and prevailing discourse, it provides a nuanced analysis of whether the growth of Chinese power is resulting in Beijing becoming more assertive, or even aggressive, in its behavior and pursuit of national interests. It also examines how the key Asian countries perceive and react to the growth of Chinas power and how US rebalancing would play out in the context of Beijings political, economic, and military power.

Chinas Power and Asian Securitywill be of huge interest to student and scholars of Asian politics, Chinese politics, security studies and international security and international relations more generally.

Part One1. Growth of Chinas Power: Capabilities, Perceptions, and Practice (Introduction), Li Mingjiang, Kalyan Kemburi, and Zhang Hongzhou2. The Rise of China and the Emerging Order in Asia, Jing-dong Yuan3. Chinas Military Buildup: Regional Repercussions, Richard A. Bitzinger  Part Two4. Chinas Assessments of U.S. Rebalancing/Pivot to Asia, Wang Dong5. Chinas Rising Power, the U.S. Rebalance to Asia, and Implications for U.S.-China relations, Phillip Saunders  Part Three