Binding: Hardcover
Description: Despite its impressive size and population economic vitality and drive to upgrade its military China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. Understanding China's foreign policy means fully appreciating these geostrategic challenges which persist even as the country gains increasing influence over its neighbors. Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell analyze China's security concerns on four fronts: at home with its immediate neighbors in surrounding regional systems and in the world beyond Asia. By illuminating the issues driving Chinese policy they offer a new perspective on the country's rise and a strategy for balancing Chinese and American interests in Asia. Though rooted in the present Nathan and Scobell's study makes ample use of the past reaching back into history to illuminate the people and institutions shaping Chinese strategy today. They also examine Chinese views of the United States; explain why China is so concerned about Japan; and uncover China's interests in such problematic countries as North Korea Iran and the Sudan. The authors probe recent troubles in Tibet and Xinjiang and explore their links to forces beyond China's borders. They consider the tactics deployed by mainland China and Taiwan as Taiwan seeks to maintain autonomy in the face of Chinese advances toward unification. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of China's three main power resources - economic power military power and soft power. The authors conclude with recommendations for the United States as it seeks to manage China's rise. Chinese policymakers understand that their nation's prosperity stability and security depend on cooperation with the United States. If handled wisely the authors believe relations between the two countries can produce mutually beneficial outcomes for both Asia and the world.
Title: Chinas Search For Security
Author(s): Scobell Andrew (Rand)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231140508
Pages: 432 Pages, Maps: 2,
Publication Date: 11/6/2012
Category: International Relations