As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China's reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it's also a problematic interlocutor for others. In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists David Shambaugh has assembled fifteen leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs. The volume covers China's contemporary position in all regions of the world, with all major powers, and across multiple arenas of China's international interactions. It also explores the sources of China's grand strategy, how the past shapes the present, and the impact of domestic factors that shape China's external behavior. China and the World is a uniquely focused and well-organized volume that provides many insights into China's calculations and behavior, and identifies a number of challenges China will face in the future.

Preface and acknowledgements --China's long march to global power / David Shambaugh -- Legacies of the past / Odd Arne Westad -- China's national experiences and the evolution of PRC grand strategy / Chas W. Freeman, Jr. -- Nationalism, social influences, and the Chinese foreign policy / Peter Gries -- China's foreign policy making process / Suisheng Zhao -- China's global economic interactions / Barry Naughton -- China's global cultural interactions / Shaun Breslin -- CHina's global governance interactions / Katherine Morton -- China's global military-security interactions / Phillip C. Saunders -- China's relations with the United States / Robert Sutter -- China's relations with Russia / Alexi D. Voskressenski -- China's relations with Europe / François Godement -- China's relations with Asia / Michael Yahuda -- China's relations with Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East / Joshua Eisenman and Eric Heginbotham -- Regional multilateralism with Chinese characteristics / Srikanth Kondapalli -- China and the world / David Shambaugh