In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in
maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States. Although taking place below the …

The trade war between the USA and China has shocked many across the world. A
disruption to the interdependence of the two largest economies seemed unfathomable …

How can established powers manage the peaceful rise of new great powers? With The
Struggle for Recognition in International Relations, Michelle Murray offers a new answer to …

Since the leadership transition in China in November 2012, there have been significant
changes in Chinese foreign policy. It has been widely observed that under the new …

Abstract “Rising nationalism” has been a major meme in commentary on the development of
China's material power since the early 1990s. Analysts often claim that rising nationalism …

The paper presents an original corpus of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs press
conferences. The dataset is a unique source of information on official positions and …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …

• An internal debate among Chinese elites in which some participants advocated edging
away from Deng Xiaoping's “hiding and biding” strategy and replacing it with something …

Dissenting assaults on the conventional wisdom that China's foreign policy became more
'assertive'in 2009–2010 have intensified. In this article I develop this revisionist critique in …

The 'assertive China discourse'has become a widespread narrative in the United States and
certain other countries, and there is a parallel narrative in China. It argues that China has …