Jonathan H. Ping is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Bond University, Australia. He is the Founder and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre at this university. Brett McCormick is Director of Global Studies at the University of New Haven, USA and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre housed at Bond University, Australia.

"...the contributors to this volume open up new debates by applying alternate frameworks to theories in strategic studies...Their new perspectives offer a better understanding of Chinese strategic issues and operational behaviours, and identify some general trends among Chinese leaders, who face varied international crises and make different choices according to their individual backgrounds and worldviews...This volume prepares us for any major and unexpected event for a fairly long period of time into the future."Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, USA, Pacific Affairs

• Introduction: Studying China and Strategic Priorities 1. Myth-busting: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Chinese Strategic Culture 2. Western River Civilization and the Logic of China’s Strategic Behavior 3. Analyzing China’s Foreign Policy: Domestic Politics, Public Opinion And Leaders 4. Crises as Impetus for Institutionalization: Maritime Crisis Management Mechanisms in China’s Near Seas 5. The United States of America factor in China’s dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands: Balancing Washington’s ‘rebalancing’ in East Asian waters 6. China’s Relations with India: Great Power Statecraft and Territory 7. United States-China Cooperation: The Role of Pakistan after the Death of Osama Bin Laden 8.Chinese Regionalism: Balancing and Constraint in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Conclusion

Jonathan H. Ping is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Bond University, Australia. He is the Founder and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre at this university. Brett McCormick is Director of Global Studies at the University of New Haven, USA and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre housed at Bond University, Australia.

"...the contributors to this volume open up new debates by applying alternate frameworks to theories in strategic studies...Their new perspectives offer a better understanding of Chinese strategic issues and operational behaviours, and identify some general trends among Chinese leaders, who face varied international crises and make different choices according to their individual backgrounds and worldviews...This volume prepares us for any major and unexpected event for a fairly long period of time into the future."Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, USA, Pacific Affairs

• Introduction: Studying China and Strategic Priorities 1. Myth-busting: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Chinese Strategic Culture 2. Western River Civilization and the Logic of China’s Strategic Behavior 3. Analyzing China’s Foreign Policy: Domestic Politics, Public Opinion And Leaders 4. Crises as Impetus for Institutionalization: Maritime Crisis Management Mechanisms in China’s Near Seas 5. The United States of America factor in China’s dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands: Balancing Washington’s ‘rebalancing’ in East Asian waters 6. China’s Relations with India: Great Power Statecraft and Territory 7. United States-China Cooperation: The Role of Pakistan after the Death of Osama Bin Laden 8.Chinese Regionalism: Balancing and Constraint in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Conclusion

Jonathan H. Ping is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Bond University, Australia. He is the Founder and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre at this university. Brett McCormick is Director of Global Studies at the University of New Haven, USA and a Director of the East Asia Security Centre housed at Bond University, Australia.

"...the contributors to this volume open up new debates by applying alternate frameworks to theories in strategic studies...Their new perspectives offer a better understanding of Chinese strategic issues and operational behaviours, and identify some general trends among Chinese leaders, who face varied international crises and make different choices according to their individual backgrounds and worldviews...This volume prepares us for any major and unexpected event for a fairly long period of time into the future."Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, USA, Pacific Affairs

• Introduction: Studying China and Strategic Priorities 1. Myth-busting: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Chinese Strategic Culture 2. Western River Civilization and the Logic of China’s Strategic Behavior 3. Analyzing China’s Foreign Policy: Domestic Politics, Public Opinion And Leaders 4. Crises as Impetus for Institutionalization: Maritime Crisis Management Mechanisms in China’s Near Seas 5. The United States of America factor in China’s dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands: Balancing Washington’s ‘rebalancing’ in East Asian waters 6. China’s Relations with India: Great Power Statecraft and Territory 7. United States-China Cooperation: The Role of Pakistan after the Death of Osama Bin Laden 8.Chinese Regionalism: Balancing and Constraint in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Conclusion