Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE - Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO - China's Foreign Policy Outlook -- The Three Lenses -- National Revitalization -- A Victim Mentality -- Defensive Security Outlook -- Long-Term Diplomatic Priorities -- Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity -- Economic Development -- International Status -- CHAPTER THREE - Current Perceptions of the International Security Environment -- Major Power Conflict -- Globalization and Multipolarity -- Globalization -- Multipolarity -- U.S. Power and Great Power Relations -- Nontraditional Security Challenges -- Energy Insecurity -- China's Rise in International Affairs -- CHAPTER FOUR - China's Foreign Policy Objectives -- Understanding Official Policy -- All-Around Diplomacy -- Peace and Development -- Harmonious World -- Core Diplomatic Objectives -- Economic Development -- Reassurance -- Countering Constraints -- Expanding and Diversifying Access to Natural Resources -- Reducing Taiwan's International Space -- CHAPTER FIVE - China's Expanding Diplomatic Toolkit -- Economic Diplomacy -- Multiple Tools -- An Alternative Development Model? -- Leadership Diplomacy -- Multilateral Diplomacy -- Strategic Partnerships -- Military Diplomacy -- CHAPTER SIX - China's Foreign Policy Actions -- Policy Framework for Foreign Relations -- Relations with Major Powers -- United States -- Russia -- Japan -- Europe -- Regional Diplomacy in Asia -- East Asia -- Central Asia -- South Asia -- Diplomacy Beyond Asia -- Africa and Latin America -- The Middle East -- Multilateral Diplomacy -- China in the U.N -- U.N. Security Council Activities -- CHAPTER SEVEN - Challenges Facing Chinese Diplomacy -- Domestic Transition and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking -- Looming Challenges -- CHAPTER EIGHT - Conclusions.

Implications for Regional and Global Stability -- Diversification -- China's Diplomacy in Transition -- Implications for U.S. Security Interests -- Global Challenges -- Challenges for America's China Policy -- Regional Challenges -- A Counterfactual Approach -- Will China Change in the Future? -- Policy Recommendations -- Bibliography.

China is now a global actor of significant and growing importance. It is involved in regions and on issues that were once only peripheral to its interests, and it is effectively using tools previously unavailable. China's international behavior is clearly altering the dynamics of the current international system, but it is not transforming its structure.China's global activism is continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about China's current and future intentions. This study provides a conceptual and empirical framework to assess these important trends. It examines how China views its security environment, how it defines its international objectives, how it is pursuing them, and the consequences for U.S. economic and security interests.

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