{"product_id":"a-neighbor-of-neighbors-chinas-policy-toward-afghanistan-1949-2024-hardcover","title":"A Neighbor of Neighbors: China's Policy Toward Afghanistan, 1949-2024 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFeng Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores China's evolving role in Afghanistan--past, present, and future. Following the chaotic U.S. withdrawal in August 2021 after two decades of intervention, China emerged as the most significant regional power capable of shaping the country's future under Taliban rule. What are China's objectives in post-withdrawal Afghanistan? How does it intend to project influence and manage security risks? To answer these questions, the book traces the historical evolution of China's Afghanistan policy, offering both theoretical insight and empirical analysis. It highlights how Beijing's approach is driven by the goals of amity, security, and influence. This timely study offers a nuanced understanding of China's foreign policy and will be essential reading for scholars of Asian politics, geopolitics, and the emerging regional order in Central and South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeng Zhang\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer at Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies and Department of Political Science. A political scientist and interdisciplinary scholar, he specializes in China's foreign policy, Asian international relations, and international relations theory. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eChinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History\u003c\/em\u003e (Stanford, 2015) and coauthor, with Richard Ned Lebow, of \u003cem\u003eTaming Sino-American Rivalry\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2020) and \u003cem\u003eJustice and International Order: East and West\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2022). His peer-reviewed work appears in leading disciplinary and area studies journals, and his commentary has featured in \u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e, and other international outlets. He has held academic positions at Tsinghua University, Murdoch University, the Australian National University, and the South China University of Technology. In 2024, he was a Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.31 x 6.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44917321891975,"sku":"9789819661305","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/mOcUQZxcAA9789819661305.webp?v=1781679514","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-neighbor-of-neighbors-chinas-policy-toward-afghanistan-1949-2024-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}