Yaqing Qin is Professor of International Studies at China Foreign Affairs University and Executive Vice-President of the China National Association for International Studies. Previously, Qin was on the Resource Group for the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, organized by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has served on numerous national and international editorial boards, including Global Governance, East-West Center Policy Studies series and the Chinese Journal of International Politics. His academic interests include international relations theory and global governance, and he has written for numerous journals, including International Studies Review, Chinese Journal of International Politics, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.

'With this path-breaking book Yaqing Qin's stature as China's leading scholar of international relations has shifted to a position of global intellectual leadership. Embodying the deep background knowledge of Sinic civilization, relationality is the book's core construct. Scholars who think that rationality rules the world, take note: this book signals the arrival of a truly global discipline of international relations.' Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr, Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

• Part I. Culture and Social Theory: 1. Social theory and the multicultural world; 2. Theoretical hard core; 3. Culture and theoretical innovation; 4. Individualistic rationality and mainstream IR theory; Part II. Relation and Relationality: 5. A world of relations; 6. Meta-relationship and the zhongyong dialectics; 7. The logic of relationality; Part III. Power, Cooperation, and Governance: 8. Power and relation; 9. Cooperation in a relational world; 10. Governance: rule, rules, and relations.

Yaqing Qin is Professor of International Studies at China Foreign Affairs University and Executive Vice-President of the China National Association for International Studies. Previously, Qin was on the Resource Group for the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, organized by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has served on numerous national and international editorial boards, including Global Governance, East-West Center Policy Studies series and the Chinese Journal of International Politics. His academic interests include international relations theory and global governance, and he has written for numerous journals, including International Studies Review, Chinese Journal of International Politics, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.

'With this path-breaking book Yaqing Qin's stature as China's leading scholar of international relations has shifted to a position of global intellectual leadership. Embodying the deep background knowledge of Sinic civilization, relationality is the book's core construct. Scholars who think that rationality rules the world, take note: this book signals the arrival of a truly global discipline of international relations.' Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr, Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

• Part I. Culture and Social Theory: 1. Social theory and the multicultural world; 2. Theoretical hard core; 3. Culture and theoretical innovation; 4. Individualistic rationality and mainstream IR theory; Part II. Relation and Relationality: 5. A world of relations; 6. Meta-relationship and the zhongyong dialectics; 7. The logic of relationality; Part III. Power, Cooperation, and Governance: 8. Power and relation; 9. Cooperation in a relational world; 10. Governance: rule, rules, and relations.

Yaqing Qin is Professor of International Studies at China Foreign Affairs University and Executive Vice-President of the China National Association for International Studies. Previously, Qin was on the Resource Group for the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, organized by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has served on numerous national and international editorial boards, including Global Governance, East-West Center Policy Studies series and the Chinese Journal of International Politics. His academic interests include international relations theory and global governance, and he has written for numerous journals, including International Studies Review, Chinese Journal of International Politics, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.

'With this path-breaking book Yaqing Qin's stature as China's leading scholar of international relations has shifted to a position of global intellectual leadership. Embodying the deep background knowledge of Sinic civilization, relationality is the book's core construct. Scholars who think that rationality rules the world, take note: this book signals the arrival of a truly global discipline of international relations.' Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr, Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

• Part I. Culture and Social Theory: 1. Social theory and the multicultural world; 2. Theoretical hard core; 3. Culture and theoretical innovation; 4. Individualistic rationality and mainstream IR theory; Part II. Relation and Relationality: 5. A world of relations; 6. Meta-relationship and the zhongyong dialectics; 7. The logic of relationality; Part III. Power, Cooperation, and Governance: 8. Power and relation; 9. Cooperation in a relational world; 10. Governance: rule, rules, and relations.