{"product_id":"the-upside-of-us-chinese-strategic-competition-institutional-balancing-and-order-transition-in-the-asia-pacific-9781009584883","title":"The Upside of Us-Chinese Strategic Competition: Institutional Balancing and Order Transition in the Asia Pacific","description":"US-Chinese strategic competition is a defining factor in world politics. The prevailing narrative on US-China relations predicts inevitable conflicts between these two giants, potentially leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy. While fully acknowledging the inherent dangers of potential wars or military conflicts between the two powers, this book shows that competition is not necessarily detrimental. By systematically examining US-China institutional balancing across security, economic and political domains, particularly in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, this book highlights three positive externalities or unintended consequences: the revitalisation of regional institutions to address emerging challenges, unexpected collaborations between great powers (the US and China) and regional actors, and the provision of public goods by both nations. The book argues that constructive and institutionalised competition between the US and China, if managed with strategic foresight and restraint, could inadvertently lead to positive outcomes - institutional peace - in the Asia-Pacific region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe, Kai:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kai He is Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, Australia. He served as a non-resident Senior Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace (2022-2023), an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow (2017-2020), and a postdoctoral fellow in the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program (2009-2010).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeng, Huiyun:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Huiyun Feng is Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, Australia. Her latest co-authored books include After Hedging (with Kai He, Cambridge Elements in IR, 2023) and Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order (with Steve Chan, Wenxin Hu, and Kai He, 2022).","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589682037010,"sku":"9781009584883","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_990c399c-cab6-4fb9-96fd-cd1e082b00ea.jpg?v=1756801243","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-upside-of-us-chinese-strategic-competition-institutional-balancing-and-order-transition-in-the-asia-pacific-9781009584883","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}