China's Ascent

This book offers multiple analytical perspectives—constructivist, liberal, neorealist—on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence and considers the likelihood of conflict or peaceful accommodation.

Robert S. Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. He is the author of Negotiating Cooperation: The United States and China, 1969-1989, coauthor of Great Wall and Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, and editor or coeditor of several other books. Zhu Feng is Professor in the School of International Studies at Peking University.

A focused and cohesive book.... Careful consideration is given to a wide range of international relations theories as they apply to China's growing power in the 21st century. The theories are so well explored that the book goes beyond being a China study; it can be recommended... more broadly as a political and international relations theory book.... In addition to the US scholars, four contributing authors are Chinese, one is Korean, and one Japanese. Thus, a range of perspectives is provided. This reviewer has not seen a more sophisticated book on China's rise to power.