The end of the Cold War and the collapse of commu-nism in the former USSR has created
two fundamental challenges for the leaders of the PRC:(1) how to maintain their legitimacy …

The past decade or so has witnessed a dramatic change of China's security perceptions,
which is rooted in the sea change of the international system and China's opening up. While …

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 …

There is no doubt that China is flexing its muscles throughout Asia, sometimes acting
unreasonably–its guarded, and arguably inappropriate, reaction to North Korea's sinking of …

The existing literature and public discussions in Central Asia mostly describe the role of the
PRC in the region as strictly an economic one. This argument suffers from several problems …

This article examines China's interests in Central Asia in the post-Cold War era. It looks at
various aspects of the country's security before examining Beijing's strategy vis-a-vis other …

The belief that China will soon become the dominant power in Asia is based on assumptions
that its continued and rapid economic rise, and its emergence as a regional peer of …

Among the many uncertainties of the Asian security environment, none is more compelling
than that surrounding the modernization program of the Chinese People's Liberation Army …

China is more confident about its security environment than it has been at any time since the
founding of the People's Republic (PRC). For the first time in its 44-year history, the PRC …

China has frequently been depicted by some observers as an assertive rising power.
However, assertiveness is neither a theoretically rigorous nor empirically useful term. The …