Addressing the need to 're-Orient' the research and policy agenda of international relations, this volume examines the prominent role of China in global politics and the relevance of the 'new regionalism' paradigm to China's international outreach.

Emilian Kavalski is Associate Professor of Global Studies at the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University (Sydney). He is currently working on (i) the encounter of International Relations with life in the Anthropocene, especially the conceptualization of and engagement with non-human actors; and (ii) the nascent Asian normative orders and the ways in which they confront, compliment, and transform established traditions, norms, and institutions. Emilian contends that in both these areas the application of Complexity Thinking has important implications for the way global life is approached, explained, and understood. At the same time, these research foci sketch a prolegomenon to the conceptual contexts of theory-building and policy-making intent on facilitating economic, social, and environmental interactions that promote the well-being of people in ways that are just, equitable, and sustainable.

Chapter 1 "Do as I do", EmilianKavalski; Part I Historical, Analytical, and Comparative Contexts of the Global Politics of China's Regionalization; Chapter 2 Regionalization in the Tianxia? Continuity and Change in China's Foreign Policy, FengZhang; Chapter 3 A Concealed Regionalization without Historical Roots, ShengDing; Chapter 4 China's Regionalization Policies, JeremyPaltiel; Chapter 5 Identity, Nationalism, and China's Policy towards Regionalization, Jing-dongYuan; Chapter 6 From Adapting to Shaping, EnyuZhang; Chapter 7 The Reluctance of Hegemons, GregAnderson; Chapter 8 "From Brussels to Beijing", DavidScott; Part II Insights from the Global Politics of China's Regionalization; Chapter 9 China and the Political Economy of Regionalization in East Asia, YongjinZhang; Chapter 10 China's Region-Building Strategy in Southeast Asia, RalphPettman; Chapter 11 Spreading the "Shanghai Spirit", StephenAris; Chapter 12 Reconstructing the Silk Road in a New Era, Carrie LiuCurrier, ManochehrDorraj; Chapter 13 Making a Region out of a Continent? China's Regionalization of Africa, EmilianKavalski; Chapter 14 China and Latin America, Julie M.Bunck; Chapter 15 China and South Pacific Regionalism, JianYang;