Brantly Womack holds the C. K. Yen Chair at the Miller Center and is Professor of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on Chinese politics and international relationships in East Asia. His most recent books include China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (2006), China among Unequals (2010), and China's Rise in Historical Perspective (2010). He has worked closely with universities and research institutes in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan and was given the China Friendship Award in 2011.

'Womack explores the dynamics of asymmetrical relationships in international relations, including unequal bilateral relationships and patterns of asymmetry in multilateral settings. He finds, inter alia, that asymmetric conflicts are often stalemated when the limited commitment of the larger side is met with 'mortal resistance' by the smaller side.' Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• Introduction; Part I. Asymmetry and Bilateral Relationships: 1. Basic structure of asymmetric relationships; 2. Asymmetry and conflict; Part II. Asymmetric Systems: 3. Multilateral asymmetry; 4. Regional asymmetric relationships; Part III. World Systems: 5. Cycles and sustainability; 6. Multinodality and the status ad quem; Part IV. Policy Implications: 7. Asymmetric prescriptions.

Brantly Womack holds the C. K. Yen Chair at the Miller Center and is Professor of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on Chinese politics and international relationships in East Asia. His most recent books include China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (2006), China among Unequals (2010), and China's Rise in Historical Perspective (2010). He has worked closely with universities and research institutes in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan and was given the China Friendship Award in 2011.

'Womack explores the dynamics of asymmetrical relationships in international relations, including unequal bilateral relationships and patterns of asymmetry in multilateral settings. He finds, inter alia, that asymmetric conflicts are often stalemated when the limited commitment of the larger side is met with 'mortal resistance' by the smaller side.' Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• Introduction; Part I. Asymmetry and Bilateral Relationships: 1. Basic structure of asymmetric relationships; 2. Asymmetry and conflict; Part II. Asymmetric Systems: 3. Multilateral asymmetry; 4. Regional asymmetric relationships; Part III. World Systems: 5. Cycles and sustainability; 6. Multinodality and the status ad quem; Part IV. Policy Implications: 7. Asymmetric prescriptions.

Brantly Womack holds the C. K. Yen Chair at the Miller Center and is Professor of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on Chinese politics and international relationships in East Asia. His most recent books include China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (2006), China among Unequals (2010), and China's Rise in Historical Perspective (2010). He has worked closely with universities and research institutes in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan and was given the China Friendship Award in 2011.

'Womack explores the dynamics of asymmetrical relationships in international relations, including unequal bilateral relationships and patterns of asymmetry in multilateral settings. He finds, inter alia, that asymmetric conflicts are often stalemated when the limited commitment of the larger side is met with 'mortal resistance' by the smaller side.' Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• Introduction; Part I. Asymmetry and Bilateral Relationships: 1. Basic structure of asymmetric relationships; 2. Asymmetry and conflict; Part II. Asymmetric Systems: 3. Multilateral asymmetry; 4. Regional asymmetric relationships; Part III. World Systems: 5. Cycles and sustainability; 6. Multinodality and the status ad quem; Part IV. Policy Implications: 7. Asymmetric prescriptions.