America, China, and the Struggle for World Order: Ideas, Traditions, Historical Legacies, and Global Visions

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction: The United States, China, and Global Order....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Sovereignty American Style: Protecting Apple Pie, Fixing Foreign Recipes....Pages 19-42
From Tianxia to Westphalia: The Evolving Chinese Conception of Sovereignty and World Order....Pages 43-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
The United States, the United Nations, and Collective Security: Exploring the Deep Sources of American Conduct....Pages 71-102
China’s Evolving Attitudes and Approaches toward UN Collective Security....Pages 103-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Is There an Exceptional American Approach to Global Economic Governance?....Pages 135-160
China’s Approach to Economic Diplomacy....Pages 161-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Still the Liberal Leader? Domestic Legacies, International Realities, and the Role of the United States in the World Economy....Pages 189-210
China as a Listian Trading State: Interest, Power, and Economie Ideology....Pages 211-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
A Green Giant? Inconsistency and American Environmental Diplomacy....Pages 245-274
China and International Cooperation on the Environment: Historical and Intellectual Roots of Chinese Thinking about the Environment....Pages 275-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
The American Way of Seeking Security: Ideology and Pragmatism....Pages 299-325
In Search of Security and Self-Identity: Promise and Paradox of China’s Nuclear Weapons....Pages 327-357
Conclusion: The United States, China, and World Order....Pages 359-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-396