Online Resources »

Intensifying China-Pakistan Ties

In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Andrew Small talks about Pakistan's close economic and military relationship with China, and its implications for both countries, as well as for the United States and India.

Beijing's Coalition of the Willing

Stefan Halper writes in Foreign Policy Magazine about how China's efforts to strengthen relations with failed states, particularly in Africa, has helped China further its foreign policies.

CGA Scenario Project: China 2015

This paper published by New York University's Center for Global Affairs examines possible scenarios for how U.S. foreign policy toward China might take shape in the year 2015.

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Quizzes

GD 2006 Quiz 6 - China and India

China and India have emerged on the world stage, after following different paths toward rapid economic growth. Will China and India work closer together or compete with each other to become major world powers? How will their growth affect the U.S. economy and strategic interests?

In the Classroom »

Global Routes

Global Routes offers teen summer community service programs for high school students finishing the 9th through 12th grades, gap-year and semester internships for students 17 years of age and older, and customized programs for schools in Belize, Cambodia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand.

Foreign Affairs Student Writing Contest 2010

In the inaugural Foreign Affairs Essay Contest, a panel from the Foreign Affairs editorial staff will select one winning essay from submissions from undergraduate students. The winning essay will be published on the Foreign Affairs Web site and the winner will receive a $500 prize. Five honorable mentions will receive a free year-long subscription to Foreign Affairs.

Global Development: Exploring China-India-US Relations

A lesson plan examining the relationship between the United States and two rising superpowers, China and India. From the Global Nomads Group.

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Recommended Readings »

China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know

China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In his new book, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.

Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-à-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.

China: Fragile Superpower

Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel.

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history.

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