The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

Thomas J. Christensen (Princeton University)

The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Format
Hardback
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Country
United States
Published
10 July 2015
Pages
400
ISBN
9780393081138

The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

Thomas J. Christensen (Princeton University)

Many see China’s rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a deep perspective on China’s military and economic capacity. Assessing China’s political outlook and strategic goals, Christensen shows how nationalism and the threat of domestic instability influence the party’s decisions about regional and global affairs. Articulating a balanced strategic approach along with perceptive historical analysis, Christensen describes how we might shape China’s choices in the coming decades so that it contributes more to the international system from which it benefits so much.

Winner of the Silver Medal for the 2016 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.

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