Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers (eBook)

Xuetong Yan (Autor)

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2019
280 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19193-5 (ISBN)

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Yan Xuetong is professor of political science and dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His many books include Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power (Princeton).

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A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international orderWhile work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise. The upward trajectory of China is a particularly puzzling case. How has it grown increasingly important in the world arena while lagging behind the United States and its allies across certain sectors? Borrowing ideas of political determinism from ancient Chinese philosophers, Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers explains China's expanding influence by presenting a moral-realist theory that attributes the rise and fall of nations to political leadership. Yan Xuetong shows that the stronger a rising state's political leadership, the more likely it is to displace a prevailing state in the international system.Yan defines political leadership through the lens of morality, specifically the ability of a government to fulfill its domestic responsibility and maintain international strategic credibility. Examining leadership at the personal, national, and international levels, Yan shows how rising states like China transform the international order by reshaping power distribution and norms. Yan also considers the reasons for America's diminishing international stature even as its economy, education system, military, political institutions, and technology hold steady. The polarization of China and the United States will not result in another Cold War scenario, but their mutual distrust will ultimately drive the world center from Europe to East Asia.Using the lens of classical Chinese political theory, Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers offers a provocative, alternative perspective on the changing dominance of nations on the global stage.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Adobe • American System (economic plan) • ancient China • Annexation • Capability • Chimerica • China • China–United States relations • Chu (state) • city-state • Classical realism (international relations) • Cold War (1985–91) • Colonialism • Confucianism • Confucius • consent of the governed • credibility • developed country • Diplomacy • double standard • East Asia • Economic Power • Economic Sanctions • First Balkan War • foreign policy • George W. Bush • Global Governance • Globalization • Global Leadership • Governance • Great Power • hegemony • Ideology • Internalization • International Community • International Relations • Kenneth Waltz • King Huiwen of Zhao • King Wu of Zhou • Leadership • League of Nations • Liberalism • Mao Zedong • Marxism • Member State • Mencius • Monarchy • Morality • Multilateralism • National interest • national power • nation state • natural resource • nuclear proliferation • Ottoman Empire • Paramount leader • Peace treaty • Philosopher • Policy • Politics • Populism • Power (international relations) • Princeton University Press • Proxy war • Qin dynasty • Qin Shi Huang • Qin (state) • Realpolitik • Regional power • result • Ruler • Saudi Arabia • Shang dynasty • Soft Power • Sovereignty • Soviet Union • sphere of influence • Strategy • Territorial integrity • Tianjin • Treaty • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change • Vassal • Vladimir Putin • war • Warring States Period • Warsaw Pact • Western Culture • Western World • Western Zhou • World Trade Organization • World War • World War I • World War II • Writing • Xia dynasty • Xunzi (book) • Yan Xuetong • Zheng (state) • Zhou dynasty
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19193-X / 069119193X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19193-5 / 9780691191935