This article reviews China's position in international society over the past couple of
centuries, and against that background assesses the prospects for China's strategy of …

Abstract In 2008 Clive Hamilton was at Parliament House in Canberra when the Beijing
Olympic torch relay passed through. He watched in bewilderment as a small pro-Tibet …

In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to
present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara …

A decade ago in 2007 we published a forum in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
(IRAP) on 'Why there is no non-Western IR theory?'. Now we revisit this project ten years on …

Existing theories predict that the rise of China will trigger a hegemonic transition and the
current debate centers on whether or not the transition will be violent or peaceful. This …

As China has risen to the status of a global power, it has taken the lead in fostering several
new multilateral institutional initiatives. Some of these are formal intergovernmental …

This book draws on Daoist yin/yang dialectics to move world politics from the current stasis
of hegemony, hierarchy, and violence to a more balanced engagement with parity, fluidity …

During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as
the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought …

Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions, veteran
Sinologist Willy Lam has produced the first book-length study in English of the rise of Xi …

Although there is clear dissatisfaction in China with the nature of the current global order, it
is hard to find a clear and coherent Chinese vision of what an alternative world might look …