Grand Strategy and the Rise of China

Reviews / Votes

To most westerners, China is like quantum mechanics: the few who really understand it are often not good at explaining it to the rest of us. So this up-to-the-minute, scholarly but accessible guide to thinking through the number one geopolitical issue of the next decade is greatly to be welcomed. -- Stephen Bradley, former British Minister in Beijing and Consul General to Hong Kong The US-China relationship is highly significant yet fast-changing. Zeno Leoni's analysis of it is brilliantly clear and full of insights: drawing on history and geopolitics, he shows that the two countries are locked in a complex combination of dependency and confrontation. Stimulating and thoughtful. -- Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford The aim of this book is to help Western citizens reflect critically on China with a sober, historically and theoretically informed view of the drivers and implications of its rise... informed by his research on China and extensive archival work, Leoni goes beyond Western-centrism and presents a diverse world order in which China and the rest of the world have co-existed... the author does a remarkable job ... his analysis of the tensions between sovereignty and globalization and between economic and security interests is particularly informative and insightful. * Zhiqun Zhu, writing in H-Diplo RJISSF *