This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of Confucius Institutes (CIs), situating
them as a tool of public diplomacy in the broader context of China's foreign affairs. The study …

It has become the new truth of the early twenty-first century that the Western world we have
known is fast losing its pre-eminence to be replaced by a new international system shaped …

While much discussion centres on economic properties and political challenges of
implementing the China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), few studies investigate the subtle …

Over the past decade, India has invested significant resources in public diplomacy, using
traditional and new approaches to build and leverage its soft power. This article examines …

Does the rise of China inexorably anticipate the onset of global instability or even a great
power war? Today, routine comparisons are made between a rising China with that of …

In this article, we argue that Confucian philosophies are vital to understanding contemporary
Chinese geopolitics. Existing Western geopolitical frameworks, we contend, are insufficient …

The “China threat” has been a noticeable international topic in Western discourses since the
end of the Cold War. Given China's concurrent rise, this issue has drawn wide-ranging …

Abstract The importance of World War I for understanding contemporary East Asia lies not in
the ubiquitous analogy drawn between Anglo-German antagonism and contemporary US …

It has become the new truth of our age that the western world we have known is fast losing
its pre-eminence to be replaced by a new international system shaped by China and …

After the end of the Cold War, realism or, to be more precise, almost all power based
approaches to International Relations, have been largely written off by scholars for their …