R. James Ferguson is director of Bond University’s Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies and assistant professor of international relations at the Faculty of Society and Design.Rosita Dellios is associate professor of international relations at Bond University.

• Chapter 1 Timeliness: Using the Past to Change the PresentChapter 2 Embracing Shi: The Timely Configuration of Power as Skilful MeansChapter 3 Imperial Stratagems:The Polycentric Mediation of PowerChapter 4 The Use And Abuse of Nationalism: Empowering the Republic?Chapter 5 People’s Party, People’s Army: The Dialectics of RevolutionChapter 6 From Comprehensive National Power to Competitive RegionalismChapter 7 Unicorns and Dragons - The Search for Chinese Strategic Culture

The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power: The Timeless and the Timely is essential reading if one seeks to understand the forces transforming the 21st Century. It is another erudite exploration and evaluation by R. James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios of the qualities that have allowed Chinese civilization to shape a world order that many can still only address in outmoded stereotypes. The reader is left with a profound sense of a Confucian-Daoist tradition of thought culture. It is one which influences Chinese priorities in the human and natural world in unfamiliar ways, addressing global challenges. Chinese evolving strategic resources give it an essential role in multilateral governance.

R. James Ferguson is director of Bond University’s Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies and assistant professor of international relations at the Faculty of Society and Design.Rosita Dellios is associate professor of international relations at Bond University.

• Chapter 1 Timeliness: Using the Past to Change the PresentChapter 2 Embracing Shi: The Timely Configuration of Power as Skilful MeansChapter 3 Imperial Stratagems:The Polycentric Mediation of PowerChapter 4 The Use And Abuse of Nationalism: Empowering the Republic?Chapter 5 People’s Party, People’s Army: The Dialectics of RevolutionChapter 6 From Comprehensive National Power to Competitive RegionalismChapter 7 Unicorns and Dragons - The Search for Chinese Strategic Culture

The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power: The Timeless and the Timely is essential reading if one seeks to understand the forces transforming the 21st Century. It is another erudite exploration and evaluation by R. James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios of the qualities that have allowed Chinese civilization to shape a world order that many can still only address in outmoded stereotypes. The reader is left with a profound sense of a Confucian-Daoist tradition of thought culture. It is one which influences Chinese priorities in the human and natural world in unfamiliar ways, addressing global challenges. Chinese evolving strategic resources give it an essential role in multilateral governance.

R. James Ferguson is director of Bond University’s Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies and assistant professor of international relations at the Faculty of Society and Design.Rosita Dellios is associate professor of international relations at Bond University.

• Chapter 1 Timeliness: Using the Past to Change the PresentChapter 2 Embracing Shi: The Timely Configuration of Power as Skilful MeansChapter 3 Imperial Stratagems:The Polycentric Mediation of PowerChapter 4 The Use And Abuse of Nationalism: Empowering the Republic?Chapter 5 People’s Party, People’s Army: The Dialectics of RevolutionChapter 6 From Comprehensive National Power to Competitive RegionalismChapter 7 Unicorns and Dragons - The Search for Chinese Strategic Culture

The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power: The Timeless and the Timely is essential reading if one seeks to understand the forces transforming the 21st Century. It is another erudite exploration and evaluation by R. James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios of the qualities that have allowed Chinese civilization to shape a world order that many can still only address in outmoded stereotypes. The reader is left with a profound sense of a Confucian-Daoist tradition of thought culture. It is one which influences Chinese priorities in the human and natural world in unfamiliar ways, addressing global challenges. Chinese evolving strategic resources give it an essential role in multilateral governance.