This book brings together twelve scholars six Americans and six Chinese to explore the ways America and China think about international order. The book shows how each country's traditions, historical experiences, and ideologies influence current global dialogues.

Edited By G. John Ikenberry, Wang Jisi and Zhu Feng

Table of Contents

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Introduction: The United States, China, and Global Order; G. John Ikenberry

PART I: SOVEREIGNTY AND THE STATE SYSTEM

1. Sovereignty American Style: Protecting Apple Pie, Fixing Foreign Recipes; Jeffrey W. Legro

2. From Tianxia to Westphalia: The Evolving Chinese Conception of Sovereignty and World Order; Fei-Ling Wang

PART II: COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND THE UNITED NATIONS

3. The United States, the United Nations, and Collective Security: Exploring the Deep Sources of American Conduct; Stewart Patrick

4. China ' 's Evolving Attitudes and Approaches Towards UN Collective Security; Jianwei Wang

PART III: GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

5. Is There an Exceptional American Approach to Global Economic Governance?; Daniel W. Drezner

6. China ' 's Approach to Economic Diplomacy; Yang YAO

PART IV: TRADE AND RESOURCES

7. Still the Liberal Leader? Domestic Legacies, International Realities, and the Role of the United States in the World Economy; Michael Mastanduno

8. China as a Listian Trading State: Interest, Power, and Economic Ideology; Weixing Hu

PART V: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

9. A Green Giant? Inconsistency and American Environmental Diplomacy; Joshua Busby

10. China and International Cooperation on the Environment: Historical and Intellectual Roots of Chinese Thinking about the Environment; Ming WAN

PART VI: ALLIANCES AND ARMS CONTROL

11. The American Way of Seeking Security Ideology and Pargmatism; John Owen

12. In Search of Security and Self-identity: Promise and Paradox of China ' 's Nuclear Weapons; Yu Bin

Conclusion; Wang Jisi and Zhu Feng