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Tests the effects of socialization in international relations-to help explain why players on the world stage may be moved to cooperate when doing so is not in their material power interests. This book looks at China's participation in international security institutions during two crucial decades of the "rise of China," from 1980 to 2000.

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Sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security This work focuses on the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644).