Kai He Libros

This book explores the perspectives of Chinese international relations scholars on China's global rise, based on a comprehensive four-year survey conducted at the CCPSIS conference. It delves into their views on China's power dynamics, relationships with major countries like the United States, and its role in the international system, tracking shifts over time. Additionally, the authors analyze academic publications from leading IR journals to provide a nuanced understanding of how these scholars perceive global issues and their potential impact on China's foreign policy.

Focusing on the decision-making processes of political leaders in Asia, this book explores the motivations behind risky choices in international relations. By merging neoclassical realism and prospect theory, the authors reveal that leaders are prone to take greater risks when their core interests and legitimacy are at stake. This groundbreaking work not only applies prospect theory to Asian security but also critiques conventional rationalist approaches to foreign policy, offering new insights into the complexities of political behavior.

Focusing on the strategic dynamics among China, the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asian nations, this work explores the implications of China's rise and globalization post-Cold War. It engages with key international relations theories and presents a novel framework called institutional realism, which aims to clarify how world politics has been institutionalized in the Asia-Pacific region during this transformative period.

This Element introduces a preference-for-change model to explain the policy variations of states during the order transition. It suggests that policymakers will perceive a potential change in the international order through a cost-benefit prism.This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The first study to systematically analyze the patterns of China's foreign policy crisis behavior after the Cold War.