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China’s Search for Security
Andrew J. Nathan
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Description for China’s Search for Security
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 584.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140515
SKU
V9780231140515
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About Andrew J. Nathan
Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His books include Chinese Democracy; The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress; The Tiananmen Papers; China's New Rulers: The Secret Files; and How East Asians View Democracy. Andrew Scobell is senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He is the author of China's Use of ... Read more
Reviews for China’s Search for Security
The rise of China is the most important international trend of our time, and this superb book is the best guide to it that I've seen. Broad, deep, and wise, it is simply an indispensable introduction to all aspects of China's ongoing encounter with the world at large. Any politician or pundit who wants to say anything at all about ... Read more