This volume analyzes the extent of ongoing power shifts among the leading powers, exploring the portents for their future growth, and seeking indicators of their relative commitment to the existing international order. 'In this wide ranging, well researched and clearly written book, University of Colorado Political Scientist Steve Chan takes critical aim at what he sees as flawed elements in the prevailing academicand policy discourse about this topic... The message of the book is important for a wide audience of practitioners, specialists and students.' - Robert Sutter, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Vol. 24, 2007 'Steven Chan is to be commended for producing one of the most extensive treatments of power transition theory as it applies to China and to Asian Security politics' - William Tow, The Australian National University, The China Journal, No. 60 'Chan has written a carefully circumspect book about a global issue of the utmost importance. This book is like a crash course in both international relations theory and Sino-American security relations. It is highly recommended to anybody who is interested in either China or peace' - China Perspectives, January 2009