Devising a New Formula for Global Leadership
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle is interviewing five of the most respected Chinese international affairs scholars to discuss this important inflection point in U.S.-China relations. Third up: Yan Xuetong.
China Must Not Overplay its Strategic Hand
The primary interest dictating Chinese policy is the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which serves as the new principle guiding the relationship between China and the international community.
Strategic Challenges for China’s Rise
A moral realist approach to China’s rise identifies external and internal challenges for an emerging power competing with a dominant state in the international system.
Urging China to Adopt a More Assertive Foreign Policy
As China’s world leadership role expands, the country’s strategic approach should be grounded in moral realism.
Inside the China-U.S. Competition for Strategic Partners
For China to become a superpower like the United States, Beijing needs a new strategy that fully embraces genuine alliances, and not just so-called “strategic partnerships.”
A Bipolar World is More Likely Than a Unipolar or Multipolar One
The world’s center of gravity is shifting from Europe to East Asia, and the international system appears to be moving toward a bipolar dynamic involving China and the United States.
China Needs to Purchase Friendships
China hopes that providing economic benefits to neighboring countries will help Beijing improve its relationships with these states and bolster China’s growing international profile.
Diplomacy Should Focus on Neighbors
China must carefully consider which relationship is more important: relations with its neighboring countries or with the United States.
China’s New Security Concept Under Multilateral Diplomacy
China has been adjusting its policies toward its neighbors, while continuing to strengthen economic cooperation to promote bilateral and multilateral relations.
One Year After Sunnylands: Assessing the U.S.-China Relationship
U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Asia in April 2014 underscored the importance of the U.S.-China relationship one year after the landmark U.S.-China Summit at the Sunnylands estate.