The growing number of actors involved in China's international activities has led to fractured
authority in foreign policy decision‐making. Actors vie for the attention of senior officials to …

Lu Ning, former assistant to a vice-foreign minister of China, draws on archival materials,
interviews, and personal experiences, to provide unique insights into the formal and informal …

Power concentration in the hands of Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party General
Secretary, can be interpreted not only as a reaction to the power fragmentation and the intra …

Since taking power, the new Chinese President Xi Jinping has talked of “striving for
achievements,” signaling a new theme in Chinese diplomacy. This article first examines the …

Responding to the rise of a new power such as China depends on our judgments about the
character of the rising power. We need to understand its motivations and intentions as well …

Chinese foreign policy under the presidency of Xi Jinping has been at once dynamic and
contentious. Its dynamic character can be seen first in its new and self-assured …

One of the outstanding features of China's domestic politics is the prominence of the
bureaucracy in the policy-making process. Arguably, bureaucracy is the next major player in …

This article discusses the rationale for, and progress to date of, creating a National Security
Commission in China, a move first announced in late 2013. Central impulses for the …

As China's political and economic influence in the world is rapidly increasing, it is essential
to understand how China's domestic politics affects its foreign political and economic policy …

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