China's Foreign Policy Who Makes It, and How Is It Made?

by Rozman, Gilbert

• ISBN13: 9781137344090
• ISBN10: 1137344091
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The May 19-20, 2011 Asan conference provided a venue to reassess foreign policy decision-making in China. Bringing together leading voices in this reassessment, the meeting elicited lively exchanges centered not on refuting rival interpretations but on jointly exploring leads that clarify the processes of China's foreign policy formulation that have yet to be adequately explained. Updating the conference papers to cover the end of 2011, this book reflects the state of analysis on the eve of the important 2012-13 transition to China's fifth-generation leaders.

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies is an independent think tank located in Seoul, South Korea, that provides innovative policy solutions and spearheads public discourse on many of the core issues that Korea, East Asia, and the global community face. The goal of the institute is not only to offer policy solutions but also to train experts in public diplomacy and related fields in order to strengthen Korea's capacity to better tackle some of the most pressing problems affecting the country, the region and the world today.

Author Biography

Gilbert Rozman is the Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He received a BA from Carleton College and a PhD from Princeton University. Professor Rozman's research concentrates on national identities in China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, to understand how they shape bilateral trust and evolving relations in the region. Recent co-edited books include Russian Strategic Thinking toward Asia (Palgrave, 2006), Japanese Strategic Thinking toward Asia (Palgrave, 2007), and Korea at the Center: The Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia (M.E. Sharpe, 2006). He is a member of the editorial boards of China Quarterly, Asian Survey, and the Journal of East Asian Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gilbert Rozman
PART I: CHINA'S LEADERSHIP AND FOREIGN POLICY
1. More Actors, Less Coordination? New Challenges for the Leaders of a Rising China; Thomas Christensen
2. China's Foreign Policy and the Leadership Transition: Prospects for Change under the 'Fifth Generation'; Avery Goldstein
3. Another Take on Prospects for the Foreign Policy of the Chinese Fifth-Generation Leadership; Shin Jung-seung
PART II: CHINA'S THINK TANKS AND FOREIGN POLICY
4. Chinese Foreign Policy Research Institutes and the Practice of Influence; Bonnie S. Glaser
5. Moving between the 'Inner Circle' and the 'Outer Circle': The Limited Impact of Think Tanks on Policy Making in China; Quansheng Zhao
PART III: CHINA'S NATIONAL IDENTITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
6. Chinese National Identity and Foreign Policy: Linkages between the Two; Gilbert Rozman
7. Chinese Nationalism and the American Response: Sources of Tension and Prospects for Renewed Cooperation; Robert S. Ross
PART IV: FINANCIAL FACTORS IN CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY MAKING 
8. China's Leadership and Their Financial and Monetary Policies; William H. Overholt
9. How Do Monetary and Financial Issues Interact with China's Foreign Policy Making?; François Godemont
PART V: CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE KOREAN PENINSULA
10. China's North Korea Policy: Misperception and Reality (An Independent Chinese Perspective on Sino-Korean Relations); Chen Ping
11. China's Korea Policy in the Making; Yufan Hao
12. Disillusionment and Dismay: How Chinese Netizens Think and Feel about the Two Koreas; Peter Gries
Index