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 …

This article focuses on the institutional changes that have occurred in the foreign and
security policy realm since Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist …

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 …

The current Chinese foreign and national security system suffers from problems of
inefficiency, a lack of coordination and information sharing, and accountability of decision …

In light of China's deepening economic slowdown," China's foreign policy may well be
driven increasingly by the risk of domestic political instability," write Robert D. Blackwill …

ABSTRACT Has China under Xi Jinping bid an official farewell to Deng Xiaoping's “lying
low” international strategy (taoguang yanghui) in pursuit of a more ambitious foreign policy …

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 …

Amidst China's emergence as a global power, Xi Jinping is pushing through a range of
ambitious reform plans that are reconfiguring both Chinese domestic politics and foreign …

Xi Jinping swiftly centralized political power shortly after the 18th Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) National Congress in 2012, opposing what was predicted when he was elected …

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 …