In this edited volume a set of issue and country experts tackle questions regarding China's
current rise to power within the current international economic and political order. The
current international system is governed by a Western conception of order and based on the
primacy of post-World War II rules drawn from liberal models of capitalism and democracy
practiced in the US and in Western Europe. In this context the most important and most
uncertain questions facing the West over the next decade concern how the EU and the US will
respond to China's rapid growth. Will the transatlantic relationship hold and become stronger
faced with this new economic and geopolitical challenge? Or will the US and the EU-an
increasingly prominent global player-compete for economic and political advantage? After a
brief introduction laying out the circumstances of China's economic and political rise and the
challenges that this poses to the existing international order the book proceeds in three
sections. The first section provides competing theoretical perspectives on China's rise in a
historical context. The second section provides a distinctly Chinese perspective on China's
current rise. The third section looks at responses from the United States and the European
Union focusing on both economic and security issues as well as the implications of China's
rise for US-EU relations. This book is relevant to both scholars and policymakers concerned
with Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy US foreign policy EU foreign policy
China-US relations China-EU relations international security international political economy
and emerging markets.
