Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers
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Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers
By (Author) Xuetong Yan
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
18th June 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
International relations
Political leaders and leadership
320.951
Physical Properties
Hardback
280
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international order While work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise. The upward trajectory of China is
Reviews
"Shortlisted for the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize, British International Studies Association"
"[Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers] is written with clarity and vigour, and amply repays careful attention."---Rana Mitter, Financial Times
"In this thought-provoking book, Yan offers a novel and provocative perspective."---Xiao Alvin Yang, Journal of Chinese Political Science
Author Bio
Yan Xuetong is professor of political science and dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His many books include Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power (Princeton).
