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Book review: China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century , written by Lisette Odgaard (2012)

Book review: China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First... China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century. Baltimore, md : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, ISBN 978-1-4214-0563-6, 242 pp., US$ 45.00. As Beijing grows more comfortable with its great power status, one of the more pressing questions about its developing ‘clout’ in the international system is whether the country will continue to abide by the world order established by the West during the last century, or whether it will begin to challenge the norms established by the United States and its allies. Despite the foreign policy idea of a ‘peaceful rise’ that dominated much of China’s international relations under Hu Jintao, there is the strong possibility that China may seek to redefine the current international system to reflect better its interests, a pattern established by great powers in the past. However, China and Coexistence suggests a different view of Chinese power and foreign policy, one that is more conservative and cautious, even in light of the remarkable progress that China has made in advancing its global status and widening its security interests beyond the Asia–Pacific region. As a result, this work is a welcome and sober second thought to counter more alarmist analyses of Beijing’s http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Brill

Book review: China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century , written by Lisette Odgaard (2012)

Lanteigne, Marc
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy , Volume 9 (2): 214 – Mar 31, 2014
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China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century. Baltimore, md : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, ISBN 978-1-4214-0563-6, 242 pp., US$ 45.00. As Beijing grows more comfortable with its great power status, one of the more pressing questions about its developing ‘clout’ in the international system is whether the country will continue to abide by the world order established by the West during the last century, or whether it will begin to challenge the norms established by the United States and its allies. Despite the foreign policy idea of a ‘peaceful rise’ that dominated much of China’s international relations under Hu Jintao, there is the strong possibility that China may seek to redefine the current international system to reflect better its interests, a pattern established by great powers in the past. However, China and Coexistence suggests a different view of Chinese power and foreign policy, one that is more conservative and cautious, even in light of the remarkable progress that China has made in advancing its global status and widening its security interests beyond the Asia–Pacific region. As a result, this work is a welcome and sober second thought to counter more alarmist analyses of Beijing’s

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