Table of Contents

1. Introduction: norms and global order; 2. Use of force; 3. Macroeconomic policy; 4. Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; 5. Climate change; 6. Financial regulation; 7. Conclusion: behavioral consistency and its implication for global order.

Promotional Information

This book explores the global implications of the relationship between the United States and China.

About the Author

Rosemary Foot is Professor of International Relations and John Swire Senior Research Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Professor Foot has published numerous books, including Human Rights and Counterterrorism in America's Asia Policy (2004) and Rights beyond Borders: The Global Community and the Struggle over Human Rights in China (2000). Professor Foot is co-editor of several books including Does China Matter? A Reassessment (2004) and Order and Justice in International Relations (2003). Andrew Walter is Reader in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr Walter is co-author of Analyzing the Global Political Economy (2009). He has contributed to several books including Global Finance in Crisis (2009) and Making Global Self-Regulation Effective (2007).

Reviews

'The overwhelming impression left at the end of Foot and Walter's excellent and very readable survey is of a United States which is still able to dominate many key areas of international norm-giving and rule-making, and a China gradually coming to terms with its new strength and responsibility, but still placing narrow national self-interest at the heart of how it behaves.' Kerry Brown, International Affairs

'… there is little doubt that this is a superb book that makes an important contribution to its field.' Shogo Suzuki, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

'[Foot and Walter] tackle the general question of Sino-American interactions with global rules and norms in a rigorous and informative manner, discussing issues as diverse as nonproliferation and financial regulation with a degree of empirical sophistication that borders on the astonishing. [They] have produced a must-read for anyone interested in the future of global governance.' Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Policy

'Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter's remarkable China, the United States, and Global Order comprehensively elucidates the main dynamics within contemporary Chinese (and American) foreign policy, and does so in a manner that is both conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich … Foot and Walter's work should become required reading for anyone interested in China's current 'rise' as it tells a convincing story about this development (while concurrently shedding light on America's own role on the world stage). Moreover, it is among the first sustained academic treatments of how Sino-U.S. relations, and international order more broadly, have been impacted by the economic turmoil of the last several years. In light of these strengths the book is certain to be of interest to both specialists and general readers as well.' Allen Carlson, Political Science Quarterly

'Foot and Walter have produced a work that should be read by a wide audience. The style of their interdisciplinary approach stands as a model for scholars and students alike.' David Robert Howell, The China Journal