Tiang Boon Hoo is Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of Internaitonal Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'...this book captures an important moment in China's modern history that is critical to understanding China's trajectory for the coming years...there are useful insights and helpful information to be found in the book; those with a basic knowledge of China will find most of the essays enlightening, as will experts who do not deal with the specific fields addressed.' - Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director, SIGNAL (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership), Tel Aviv, Israel.

• INTRODUCTION1. Xi Jinping’s Calibration of Chinese Foreign PolicyPART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT2. China under Xi Jinping: Operational Code Beliefs, Foreign Policy, and the Rise of China3. The Xi Jinping Imprint on the Chinese MilitaryPART II: NEW TYPE OF MAJOR POWER RELATIONS4. US-China Security Competition and Cooperation: 21st Century Considerations5. EU-China Security Relations6. China and Russia: Cooperation and Competition in Central Asia 7. China-India Relations: A New Turn under Xi JinpingPART III: REGIONS 8. Maximizing Output while Minimizing Input: Change and Continuity in China’s Middle East Policy (Middle East test case)9. Xi’s Belt: China-North Korea Relations (Northeast Asia test case) 10. Games with Frontiers: China and the East and South China Seas’ Disputes (Southeast Asia test case)PART IV: GLOBAL ISSUES11. China and Global Governance: Evolving Approaches12. Human Rights under Xi Jinping 13. China and the Threat of Terrorism

Tiang Boon Hoo is Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of Internaitonal Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'...this book captures an important moment in China's modern history that is critical to understanding China's trajectory for the coming years...there are useful insights and helpful information to be found in the book; those with a basic knowledge of China will find most of the essays enlightening, as will experts who do not deal with the specific fields addressed.' - Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director, SIGNAL (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership), Tel Aviv, Israel.

• INTRODUCTION1. Xi Jinping’s Calibration of Chinese Foreign PolicyPART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT2. China under Xi Jinping: Operational Code Beliefs, Foreign Policy, and the Rise of China3. The Xi Jinping Imprint on the Chinese MilitaryPART II: NEW TYPE OF MAJOR POWER RELATIONS4. US-China Security Competition and Cooperation: 21st Century Considerations5. EU-China Security Relations6. China and Russia: Cooperation and Competition in Central Asia 7. China-India Relations: A New Turn under Xi JinpingPART III: REGIONS 8. Maximizing Output while Minimizing Input: Change and Continuity in China’s Middle East Policy (Middle East test case)9. Xi’s Belt: China-North Korea Relations (Northeast Asia test case) 10. Games with Frontiers: China and the East and South China Seas’ Disputes (Southeast Asia test case)PART IV: GLOBAL ISSUES11. China and Global Governance: Evolving Approaches12. Human Rights under Xi Jinping 13. China and the Threat of Terrorism

Tiang Boon Hoo is Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of Internaitonal Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'...this book captures an important moment in China's modern history that is critical to understanding China's trajectory for the coming years...there are useful insights and helpful information to be found in the book; those with a basic knowledge of China will find most of the essays enlightening, as will experts who do not deal with the specific fields addressed.' - Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director, SIGNAL (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership), Tel Aviv, Israel.

• INTRODUCTION1. Xi Jinping’s Calibration of Chinese Foreign PolicyPART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT2. China under Xi Jinping: Operational Code Beliefs, Foreign Policy, and the Rise of China3. The Xi Jinping Imprint on the Chinese MilitaryPART II: NEW TYPE OF MAJOR POWER RELATIONS4. US-China Security Competition and Cooperation: 21st Century Considerations5. EU-China Security Relations6. China and Russia: Cooperation and Competition in Central Asia 7. China-India Relations: A New Turn under Xi JinpingPART III: REGIONS 8. Maximizing Output while Minimizing Input: Change and Continuity in China’s Middle East Policy (Middle East test case)9. Xi’s Belt: China-North Korea Relations (Northeast Asia test case) 10. Games with Frontiers: China and the East and South China Seas’ Disputes (Southeast Asia test case)PART IV: GLOBAL ISSUES11. China and Global Governance: Evolving Approaches12. Human Rights under Xi Jinping 13. China and the Threat of Terrorism