145.China's diplomacy features abiding the common practices and rules of international community, and take its national and cultural characteristics like benevolence, good-neighborliness and harmony as the core. China's diplomatic practices are the treasure of itself, the basis for its future development as well as a great contribution to diplomacy theories of the world. The book gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to China's diplomacy...

In an era of great power competition, the role of alliances in managing escalation of conflict has acquired renewed importance. Nuclear weapons remain the ultimate means for deterrence and controlling escalation, and are central to US alliances in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.