Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Structure, Power Transitions, and the Rise of China
7. 1. Power Transition Theory and the Rise of China 11
8. 2. China’s Rise Will Be Peaceful: How Unipolarity Matters 34
9. 3. Parsing China’s Rise: International Circumstances and National Attributes 55
10. Part II. International Institutions and the Rise of China
11. 4. The Rise of China: Power, Institutions, and the Western Order 89
12. 5. Structures, Processes, and the Socialization of Power: East Asian Community- building and the Rise of China 115
13. Part III. Chinese Policymaking and the Rise of China
14. 6. From Offensive to Defensive Realism: A Social Evolutionary Interpretation of China’s Security Strategy 141
15. 7. Purpose Transitions: China’s Rise and the American Response 163
16. Part IV. Responding to the Rise of China
17. 8. Between China, America, and North Korea: South Korea’s Hedging 191
18. 9. A Japanese Perspective on China’s Rise and the East Asian Order 218
19. 10. The Consequences of China’s Economic Rise for Sino- U.S. Relations: Rivalry, Political Conflict, and (Not) War 238
20. 11. The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haul 260
21. Part V. Conclusion
22. 12. The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives 293
23. Index 317