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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Xi Jinping's political authority was not preeminent among cadres of the Communist Party of
China when he assumed the General Secretary of the Central Committee in November …

This book focuses on China's future under Xi Jinping's authoritarian leadership by
examining various facets of the political, economic, social and foreign policy trajectories of …

Abstract When Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
in 2012 he faced the major tasks of fighting corruption, getting beyond the stymied collective …

Since becoming head of the Communist Party in China in late 2012, Xi Jinping has accrued
an impressive raft of titles. He has been compared to the founder of the regime, Mao …

Rapid changes in power relativities inevitably aggravate security fears among smaller,
weaker states and those in relative decline. The closer these states are to the major power …