ABSTRACT

One of the most significant factors for contemporary international relations is the growth of China’s economic, military, and political power. Indeed, few analysts would dispute the observation that China’s power has strongly influenced the structure of the international system, major-power strategic relations, international security, the patterns of trans-border economic activities, and most importantly, the political and security dynamics in Asia in the twenty-first century.

This book maps the growth of China’s political, economic, and military capabilities and its impact on the security order in Asia over the coming decades. While updating the emerging power dimensions and prevailing discourse, it provides a nuanced analysis of whether the growth of Chinese power is resulting in Beijing becoming more assertive, or even aggressive, in its behavior and pursuit of national interests. It also examines how the key Asian countries perceive and react to the growth of China’s power and how US rebalancing would play out in the context of Beijing’s political, economic, and military power.

China’s Power and Asian Security will be of huge interest to student and scholars of Asian politics, Chinese politics, security studies and international security and international relations more generally.

part I|61 pages

China's power

chapter 1|22 pages

Growth of China's power

Capabilities, perceptions, and practice *

chapter 3|20 pages

China's military buildup

Regional repercussions

part II|45 pages

China's power and US strategic rebalance

chapter 5|23 pages

China's rising power and the U.S. rebalance to Asia

Implications for U.S.–China relations

part III|174 pages

China's power

chapter 6|28 pages

Peripheral South Asian response to the growth of Chinese power

A study in dichotomous continuity

chapter 8|18 pages

Canberra's Beijing balance

Australian perceptions of and responses to Chinese power

chapter 9|18 pages

Facing the challenges

ASEAN's institutional responses to China's rise

chapter 10|15 pages

Evaluating Southeast Asian responses to China's rise

The vital context of managing great power resurgence

chapter 11|17 pages

China–Central Asia

A new economic, security, and logistic network