Luba von Hauff, "China, the West, and Democratization: The Struggle for the Local and the Global in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan "
English | ISBN: 0367030640 | 2020 | 216 pages | EPUB | 908 KB
Drawing upon insights from international socialization theory and social psychology, this book examines China's efforts to multipolarize - and hence potentially de-liberalize - the international system from the local perspective of a non-democratic (yet democratizing) nation and then applies these insights to Beijing's current global agency in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Robert S. Ross, "China, the United States and the Soviet Union: Tripolarity and Policy Making in the Cold War "
English | ISBN: 1563242532 | | 224 pages | EPUB | 383 KB
This text considers the importance of various factors which influenced the policies of each country during the Cold War including strategic considerations, domestic politics and ideology.

Csaba Moldicz, "China, the USA and Technological Supremacy in Europe "
English | ISBN: 0367652501 | 2021 | 158 pages | EPUB | 382 KB
The book explores how technological competition is linked to the geopolitical contest between the US and China, and why Europe and the European Union (EU) have become involved in this competition for technological supremacy.

Christof Hartmann, "China's New Role in African Politics: From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization? "
English | ISBN: 1138392073 | 2019 | 244 pages | EPUB | 705 KB
China's rise to global power status in recent decades has been accompanied by deepening economic relationships with Africa, with the New Silk Road's extension to Sub-Saharan Africa as the latest step, leading to much academic debate about the influence of Chinese business in the continent. However, China's engagement with African states at the political and diplomatic level has received less attention in the literature. This book investigates the impact of Chinese policies on African politics, asking how China deals with political instability in Africa and in turn how Africans perceive China to be helping or hindering political stability.

Zhiqun Zhu, "China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1472413687 | 2013 | 296 pages | EPUB | 985 KB
In the first edition (2010), Zhiqun Zhu examined the rationale and strategies of China's new multi-directional diplomacy since the early 1990s and assessed its impact on international political economy as well as responses from the international community. This fully revised second edition is still based on extensive research addressing these and other important policy issues whilst incorporating the latest major Chinese diplomatic activities since the last edition was published. This book continues to cover Chinese initiatives in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific and studies China's current efforts to secure energy and other resources, to expand trade and investment, and to enhance 'soft power' around the world. The author further evaluates how China's activities affect these regions' political economy and how the international community, especially the United States, has reacted to China's new diplomacy. Whilst continuing to answer some lingering questions about Chinese foreign policy and its implications for both China and the international community as they become increasingly interdependent, this paperback edition is adapted for classroom use and provides questions for discussion to help readers review the key empirical and theoretical points of each chapter.

Yoram Evron, "China's Military Procurement in the Reform Era: The setting of new directions "
English | ISBN: 1138900648 | 2015 | 210 pages | EPUB | 929 KB
The decisions that shape the policy of weapons procurement are an important area of national security policy. This is all the more true for China, which during recent decades has vacillated between different sources and directions of military build-up.

Sandeep Dewan, "China's Maritime Ambitions and the PLA Navy"
English | ISBN: 9382573216 | 2013 | 184 pages | EPUB | 938 KB
China's Maritime Power dates back thousands of years. China has one of the oldest naval traditions in the world, dating from at least the end of the Warring States period in 221 BC. Nonetheless, China has historically been a continental state with a large ground force and only a coastal navy with limited blue water capability. The rise of modern day China raises considerable regional and security concerns, besides economic and political competition towards finding a rightful place in power politics of the South Asian Region and hence needs a critical analysis. There is a need to focus future strategies to deal with such challenges, both in the medium and long term. An effort to achieve the same has been undertaken in this book. The book is sure to stimulate further discussions on China's navy and its ambitions.

He Yafei, "China's Historical Choice in Global Governance "
English | ISBN: 113873540X | 2017 | 160 pages | EPUB | 435 KB
Since the 1990s, the world has been witnessing the most fundamental changes in global governance structure and international relations. Due to multipolarization, economic globalization, cultural diversification and information revolution, a number of rising global powers have become new players on the world stage, among which China, as the world's 2nd largest economy now, is playing an increasingly important role.

Carolijn van Noort, "China's Communication of the Belt and Road Initiative: Silk Road and Infrastructure Narratives "
English | ISBN: 1032026243 | 2021 | 238 pages | EPUB | 361 KB
This book examines how China's international political communication of the Belt and Road Initiative comprises narratives about infrastructure and the Silk Road.

Steven Parham, "China's Borderlands: The Faultline of Central Asia "
English | ISBN: 1784535060 | 2017 | 304 pages | EPUB | 694 KB
This region - which marks the meeting of China and post-Soviet Central Asia - is increasingly important militarily, economically and geographically. Yet we know little of the people that live there, beyond a romanticised 'Silk Road' sense of fraternity. In fact, relations between the people of this region are tense, and border violence is escalating - even as the identity and nationality of the people on the ground shifts to meet their new geopolitical realities. As Steven Parham shows, many of the world's Soviet borders have proved to be deeply unstable and, in the end, impermanent. Meanwhile, the looming presence of Modern China and Russia, who are funneling money and military resources into the region - partly to fight what they see as a growing Islamic activism - are adding fuel to the fire. This lyrical, intelligent book functions as part travelogue, part sociological exploration, and is based on a unique body of research - five months trekking through the checkpoints of the border regions.