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China's Rise to Power in the Global Order

Grand Strategic Implications

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Examines the foundations of China’s grand strategy

  • Analyzes Chinese and American current flexible grand strategies, based on present complexity and disorder

  • Critically assesses China’s relations with international players, including Russia, ASEAN, UN, EU, and BRICS

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. The Rise of China

    • Nicolai S. Mladenov
    Pages 97-142
  3. Dialectics of “China Dream” and U.S. Responses

    • Nicolai S. Mladenov
    Pages 187-258
  4. Cold War 2.0 and Mega Depression Risks?

    • Nicolai S. Mladenov
    Pages 357-389
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 467-477

About this book

This book examines the foundations of China’s grand strategy as it is critical to any assessment of current and future Chinese regional and global strategic behavior, especially Beijing’s policies toward the USA. This eclectic study aims to analyze the current Chinese and American flexible grand strategies, based on present complexity and disorder. It identifies the major building blocks of both strategies, their major material, and ideational drivers and assesses how they might evolve in the future. Additionally, the author looks at China’s relations with important international players such as Russia, ASEAN, UN, EU, and BRICS.

Authors and Affiliations

  • German, Bulgaria

    Nicolai S. Mladenov

About the author

Nicolai Mladenov is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Ghent University, Belgium, and a former Senior Diplomat at the Bulgarian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: China's Rise to Power in the Global Order

  • Book Subtitle: Grand Strategic Implications

  • Authors: Nicolai S. Mladenov

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66452-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66451-0Published: 14 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66454-1Published: 14 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66452-7Published: 13 February 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 477

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Political Science, Foreign Policy, Regionalism

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eBook USD 109.00
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  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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