The phenomenon of the ongoing rise of China which has been taking place from the late 1970s to present has attracted the attention of a great number of students and scholars of international politics. The amount of articles written about the evolving and expanding presence of the People's Republic of China in world politics and economy proves the large extent of the relevant intellectual effort. This stimulating book enriches the existing literature by contributing to the power energy and security perspectives employed to delineate the rise of the People's Republic of China. It gives the reader a detailed explanation of China's economic progress and ensuing political power it enjoys in international system along with its soft power potentiality. The book inspects China's increasing demand for energy with sound estimates for the future and illustrates the security policies of Beijing at both the regional and global levels.


Wise Men Center For Strategic Studies (BILGESAM) publishes this study in accorance with its objectives of analyzing of great powers and of foreseeing the related potential developments in world politics. With China A New Superpower? Dimensions of Power Energy and Security BILGESAM adds an inspiring work to its printed series.

Assoc Prof. Atilla SANDIKLI served as a staff officer and commanding officer at various echelons of Turkish Armed Forces and as a counselor within the Secretariat General of National Security Council of Turkey. He has published sixteen boks and various articles and won many achievement prizes and medals in his military and civil life.