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Leading scholars examine China's global strategic plans, from Hong Kong to military power, to economic dominance. Over the past few decades, China has increasingly challenged the global influence of the United States. In China's Grand Strategy, David B. H. Denoon brings together a group of eminent scholars to explain China's rapid ascendance on the world stage, as well as its future implications for global politics. Contributors address the military, economic, diplomatic, and internal political factors shaping China's strategy, in addition to highlighting Beijing's objectives in different parts of the world, such as Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Ultimately, they explore the promise and perils of China's rapidly changing political ambitions, showing how the country has made its mark on the twenty-first century. China's Grand Strategy provides insight into China's quest to become a global leader, particularly at a time when the future of both China and the US remain uncertain in the context of current crises like the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and escalating tension between top leaders and officials. This book cannot predict the future for China or the US, but the insights offered can help make sense of where we have been and where we are going.

With the end of the Cold War and the visibility of U.S. Patriot missile defenses during the 1991 Gulf War, the cost and benefits of ballistic missile defense systems (BMD) need to be re-evaluated. In this detailed and balanced study, David Denoon assesses new types of short-range and intercontinental missile defenses. In the post Cold War era, two fundamental changes have made missile defense for the United States and its military forces more compelling: The United States and Russia no longer see each other as direct threats and there has been a dramatic proliferation of ballistic missile capability in the Third World. Consequently, U.S. forces deployed overseas are more likely to be at risk and, eventually, the United States itself could become vulnerable to missile threats. With these changes in mind, David Denoon analyzes the current BMD dilemma, arguing that active defenses against missiles should be seen as a form of insurance against catastrophe. He assesses the likelihood of missile attacks and the appropriate level of investment for the United States to defend against such attacks. The book provides an assessment of deterrence and the performance of the Patriot missiles during the 1991 Gulf War, critiques the Strategic Defense Initiative, and analyzes the prospects for new types of short-range and intercontinental missile defenses.

Introduction /David B.H. Denoon -- Southeast Asia : thriving in the shadow of giants /Vikram Nehru --ASEAN's external policy : caught between the United States and China /Ann Marie Murphy --Nontraditional security threats in ASEAN and beyond /Amy Freedman --Pragmatic equidistance : how Indonesia manages its Great Power relations /Evan A. Laksmana --Economic and strategic trends in Southeast Asia : the view from Singapore /Heng Yee-Kuang --Tightrope walking over the sea of trouble : Vietnam's foreign policy, maritime strategy, and relations with China and the United States /Tran Truong Thuy --Not between Scylla and Charybdis : Malaysia's relations with China and the United States /Zakaria Ahmad --The mainland minus one : power dynamics in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar /Catharin Dalpino --Japan's relationship with Southeast Asia : the perpetual potential partner /Edward J. Lincoln --India and Southeast Asia : from looking to acting East policy /G.V.C. Naidu and Gulshan Sachdeva --China's economic approach to ASEAN /Chen Shaofeng --China and the United States in southeast Asia /Chu Shulong --U.S. security strategy and Southeast Asia /Marvin C. Ott --U.S. policy options in the South China Sea /Michael McDevitt --Conclusion /David B.H. Denoon.

The first of a three-volume series on the interaction of the US and China in different regions of the world, China, the United States, and the Future of Central Asia explores the delicate balance of competing foreign interests in this resource-rich and politically tumultuous region. Editor David Denoon and his internationally renowned set of contributors assess the different objectives and strategies the U.S. and China deploy in the region and examine how the two world powers are indirectly competitive with one another for influence in Central Asia. While the US is focused on maintaining and.