Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. This book offers multiple analytical perspectives-constructivist, liberal, neorealist-on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence.Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of China "from the inside": How do Chinese policymakers evaluate the contemporary international order and what are the regional and global implications of that worldview? The authors also address the implications of China's increasing power for Chinese policymaking and for the foreign policies of Korea, Japan, and the United States.

Introductionby Robert S. Ross and Zhu FengPart I: Structure, Power Transitions, and the Rise of ChinaChapter1: Power Transition Theory and the Rise of Chinaby Jack S. LevyChapter 2: China's Rise Will Be Peaceful: How Unipolarity Mattersby Zhu FengChapter 3: Parsing China's Rise: International Circumstances and National Attributesby Avery GoldsteinPart II: International Institutions and the Rise of ChinaChapter 4: The Rise of China: Power, Institutions, and the Western Orderby G. John IkenberryChapter 5: Structures, Processes, and the Socialization of Power: East Asian Community- building and the Rise of Chinaby Qin Yaqing and Wei LingPart III: Chinese Policymaking and the Rise of ChinaChapter 6: From Offensive to Defensive Realism: A Social Evolutionary Interpretation of China's Security Strategyby Tang ShipingChapter 7: Purpose Transitions: China's Rise and the American Responseby Jeffrey W. LegroPart IV: Responding to the Rise of ChinaChapter 8: Between China, America, and North Korea: South Korea's Hedgingby Byung- Kook KimChapter 9: A Japanese Perspective on China's Rise and the East Asian Orderby Akio TakaharaChapter 10: The Consequences of China's Economic Rise for Sino-U.S. Relations: Rivalry, Political Conflict, and (Not) Warby Jonathan KirshnerChapter 11: The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haulby Robert J. ArtPart V: ConclusionChapter 12: The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectivesby Robert S. Ross and Zhu FengIndex