CCG Book | Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World
In recent years, the Covid-19 pandemic, de-globalization, geopolitical tensions, economic disruptions, energy predicament, ecological, environmental and climate crises have given rise to and shaped the “polycrisis” currently affecting nearly all nations and has had a profound impact on international politics, the world economy and global governance. What are the forces fragmenting our world—and how should we respond? How can we adapt to the new twists and turns in globalization? How can we drive economic alliances instead of military alliances in global governance? How can we return to multilateralism and multilateral cooperation? What is China’s role in the international community and how it can help navigate the current challenging situations? Perhaps those most capable of answering these questions are the experts, researchers and opinion leaders at the world’s leading think tanks.
On August 22, 2024, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Springer Nature jointly launched a new book, Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World: Prospects, Issues, and the Role of China. This book collects the combined wisdom of 30 leading figures from the global think tank community that emphasize a common, central theme through all of the 25 essays, which is the need for a more universal, inclusive and multilateral approach to reforming global governance.
The book is divided into four distinct parts that transition through different layers of multilateralism and global governance, providing a contextual analysis of the major themes within multilateralism and global governance both from theoretical and practical perspectives that focus on China in detail, but also examine the world as a whole.[ The essays in this book have been arranged thematically, and each piece has been reviewed and approved by the author.] It aims to provide the reader with a logical, organic overview of current discussions on key topics and provide insightful perspective on important issues.
The first part, titled “The Argument for Multilateralism,” examines various views on multilateralism and its importance in today’s changing world, from a rising Global South and shifts of power toward Asia, to the importance of supporting and nurturing existing multilateral mechanisms. The second part of this book, “China’s Role in a Multilateral World,” takes a closer look at China by examining how its relations and interactions with the world, past and present, have resulted in its unique role and potentially decisive contribution to the future of multilateralism. The third part, titled “Global Relations—China and the World,” provides a unique perspective on how partnership with China can influence a new world order. The final part of this book, titled “A New Vision for the Global Governance,” examines the possible ways out of the current fragmented state of the world and explore a future of mutually beneficial goals to which all nations can ascribe.
By offering an in-depth exploration of key themes such as multilateralism and globalization through the perspectives of think tanks across multiple continents, this book presents insights from distinguished figures in the global think tank community. These insights are translated into policies addressing common challenges. The book also examines these issues from China’s perspective, analyzing its role in global development, providing valuable reference for policymakers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and readers interested in international affairs.
CCG and Springer Nature are currently publishing a series of eight books on “China and Globalization” in fields including global governance, diplomacy and international relations, and economy and commerce. This series is designed to collect a wide range of global views on issues related to China and globalization, the opportunities and challenges related to China’s rise and China’s role in global governance, global economy, global development and global security. The first of its kind, this series will feature the works of over two hundred global contributors, seeking to create a balanced global perspective by gathering the views of highly influential opinion leaders from both China and around the world.
30 contributors to Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World
(alphabetic order)
Faiz Abdullah, Chairman, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance (GSRRA)
Timo Gerrit Blenk, Partner and CEO, Agora Strategy
Kent E. Calder, Director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Markus Engels, Secretary General, Global Solution Initiative (GSI)
Bert Hofman, Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Tiang Boon Hoo, Associate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Steve Howard, Secretary General, The Global Foundation
Daniel J. Ikenson, Research Contributor, Hinrich Foundation
Grzegorz Kołodko, Director of TIGER—Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland
Pascal Lamy, Vice President, Paris Peace Forum; Coordinator, Jacques Delors Institutes (Paris, Berlin, Brussels)
Arancha González Laya, Dean, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po
Mehri Madarshahi, Honorary Professor, Institute for Public Policy (IPP), South China University for Technology
Paolo Magri, Executive Vice-President, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary-General, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Omar Mjenga, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for International Policy-Africa (CIP)
Keng Yong Ong, Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Emanuel Pastreich, President, The Asia Institute
Jasna Plevnik, President, Geoeconomic Forum Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravko Radošević, Professor, University of Zagreb
Stephen Roach, Senior Research Scholar, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School
Lena Schorlemer, Project Manager, Agora Strategy
Michael Schumann, Chairman of the Board, Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA)
Tobby Simon, Founder and President, Synergia Foundation
P. S. Srinivas, Visiting Research Professor, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Piet Steel, Chairman of the Board, Europe Asia Center
Urs Unkauf, Federal Managing Director, Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA)
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Michael Yeoh, President, KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre
About the Editors
Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a think tank ranked among top 100 think tanks in the world. He is also Dean of the Institute of Development Studies of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics of China, Vice Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation, and Director of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs. He is currently a steering committee member of Paris Peace Forum and an advisory board member of Duke Kunshan University. He has served as an expert for the World Bank, IOM, and ILO. He pursued his Ph.D. studies at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Manchester. He was Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institute. His books in English include Globalizing China (2012); China Goes Global (2016); Handbook on China and Globalization (2019); Globalization of Chinese Enterprises (2020); Consensus or Conflict?: China and Globalization in the 21st Century (2021); China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China (2022); The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World (2022); Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century: CCG Global Dialogues (2022); and Escaping Thucydides’s Trap: Dialogue with Graham Allison on China–US Relations (2023).
Dr. Mabel Lu Miao is Co-founder and Secretary- General of CCG, a Munich Security Conference (MSC) Young Leader, and the Founder of Global Young Leader Dialogue (GYLD). She is also Deputy Director General of the International Writing Center at Beijing Normal University. She received her Ph.D. in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Beijing Normal University and has been a visiting scholar at New York University’s China House and the Fairbank Center at Harvard University. She is a co-author of many Chinese Social Science Academy blue books and Chinese Social Science Foundation’s research project reports. She has published a number of books in Chinese, which detail China’s outbound business and global talent. Her latest publications in English are: International Migration of China: Status, Policy and Social Responses to the Globalization of Migration (2017); Blue Book of Global Talent; Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Students Studying Abroad; China’s Domestic and Inter-national Migration Development (2019); and Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future (2022); Strate-gies for Chinese Enterprises Going Global (2023); and The Challenge of “Going Out”: Chinese Experiences in Outbound Investment (2023).
A Collection of CCG’s Publications
“China and Globalization” Series
The “China and Globalization” series, co-edited by Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG and Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary-General of CCG, seeks to create a balanced global perspective by gathering the views of highly influential policy scholars, practitioners, and opinion leaders from China and around the world.
Consensus or Conflict?
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Alistair Michie
ISBN: 978-981-16-5393-3
Published in January, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-5391-9?page=1
The first volume of the series, Consensus or Conflict?: China and Globalization in the 21st century is an unprecedented work made up of contributed articles by 38 authors, ranging from distinguished opinion leaders to scholars from around the world such as Pascal Lamy, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Edmund Phelps, Kishore Mahbubani, Lord Jim O’Neill, Wendy Cutler, Mr. Zhu Guangyao and He Yafei. In this unprecedented period of human history, these authors provide insights, new ideas and recommendations to the challenges we face in terms of policies for changing the “rules based world order”, global public health, climate change, education and migration, the digital and biosphere revolutions, and global governance. Since its launch on September 30, 2021, to critical acclaim, this book has received more than 362,000 downloads.
In recognition of its innovation and impact in research on sustainability, it stood out among more than 800 works to win Springer Nature Group’s “2022 China New Development Award”.
The Asian 21st Century
Author: Kishore Mahbubani
ISBN: 978-981-16-6813-5
Published in January, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-6811-1
The second volume of the series is The Asian 21st Century, authored by Singapore veteran diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In his book, Mahbubani explains in detail how Asia will become the new engine of globalization in the 21st century. He argues that the 21st century will see the return of Asia to the center of the world stage, China’s peaceful rise and a reshaping of the world order. The book has received attention internationally and has been downloaded more than 3.43 million times since its launch on December 30, 2021.
Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-16-8605-4
Published in January, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8603-0
The third book in this series is Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future. CCG invited 22 contributors, including CEOs of well-known multinational corporations and presidents of foreign chambers of commerce in China, to share invaluable insights, offering balanced and diverse perspectives on a range of issues related to China’s domestic development, international economic cooperation, and China-US competition. These insights are useful not only for the wider business community, but also for academics, policymakers, students, and anyone trying to deepen their understanding of this exciting period of “transition and opportunity” and make the most of China’s bright future. The book has been downloaded more than 187,000 times since its launch in February 2022.
China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-16-8088-5
Published in March, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8086-1
The fourth volume in this series China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China is made up of works from 24 Ambassadors to China, discussing a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, including trade and investment, regional economic cooperation, the “Belt and Road Initiative”, economic recovery from COVID-19 and China’s Fourteenth Five Year Plan. So far, this edition has been downloaded almost 163,000 times since its launch in March 2022.
The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World
Author: Huiyao Wang
ISBN: 978-981-16-9253-6
Published in Auguest, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-9253-6
The fifth volume of the series is Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang’s work The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World. This book focuses on globalization and China’s evolving role in the world, offering unique perspectives on a tumultuous period that began with Donald Trump’s election and ended with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This period saw the global landscape reshaped by China’s continued rise, intensifying great power competition, and a public health crisis that has changed how we live. The essays center on three interconnected themes – China’s remarkable development under its policy of Reform and Opening-up, China’s deepening integration into the global economy and rise in an increasingly multipolar world, as well as the quest to reinvigorate global governance and multilateralism to address the pressing global challenges of the 21st century. The book was released in August 2022.
Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power between the United States and China
Author: Joseph S. Nye Jr.
ISBN: 978-981-99-0716-8
Published in April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0714-4
The sixth volume is Prof. Joseph Nye Jr.’ work Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power Between the United States and China. This open access book consists of essays selected from Joseph S. Nye, Jr.’s last three decades of writing and illustrate a variety of perspectives on the nature of power, the role of the United States in the world and US-China relations. So far, this edition has been downloaded over 230,000 times since its launch in April 2023.
The Future of China’s Development and Globalization
Editors: Henry Huiyao Wang, Mabel Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-99-7511-2
Published in January 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-7512-9
The seventh title in this series is an open access book containing the views of ambassadors to Beijing on topics ranging from bilateral relations to potential cooperation, global development and even more of the most immediate issues, aims to help readers make sense of our changing world and China’s role in it.
Building on the success of the previous volume China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) has invited 27 ambassadors to examine China’s role in this context of constant flux, focusing specifically on China’s perspective, including its trade and investment ties with other countries, as well as its role in multilateral regional relations and global governance.
CCG Global Dialogues
CCG Global Dialogues: Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-19-3846-7
Published: November 2022
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-3846-7
CCG launched the CCG Global Dialogue Series with the aim of encouraging calm, rational discussion in which we can share different views and work together to make sense of the momentous changes that are occurring in our world today. The CCG Global Dialogue Series invites experts from different countries and disciplines that could help us put current events in context and explore solutions to our shared challenges. We also share these talks in book-form to provide the public with additional access to the insights shared by our speakers, compare and contrast their perspectives, and gain a greater understanding of important issues such as globalization, global governance and multilateralism, the global economy, shared transnational threats, and China-US relations.
The first volume of the series CCG Global Dialogues: Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century was a volume divided into three parts, with 10 dialogues between Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG and Graham Allison, David Blair, Kerry Brown, Anne Case, Wendy Cutler, Angus Deaton, Thomas L. Friedman, Valerie Hansen, Pascal Lamy, Chen Li, Kishore Mahbubani, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Adam Posen, J. Stapleton Roy, John L. Thornton, Martin Wolf and Zhu Guangyao.
Escaping Thucydides’s Trap: Dialogue with Graham Allison on China–US Relations
Editor: Huiyao Wang
ISBN: 978-981-99-2235-2
Published: November 2023
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-2236-9
This book addresses one of the most consequential questions of the 21st century- how relations between the US and China will unfold. In the past decade, perhaps no thinker has had a greater influence on how this question is understood in both the US and China than eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison, who developed the idea of the Thucydides’s Trap to describe the risk of war erupting between a rising power and a ruling power as the balance of power shifts. It presents a comprehensive collection of Allison’s views and writings on US-China relations from 2017 to 2022 in an accessible Q&A format, covering a range of topics including the balance of power between the two sides, where the US-China relationship is headed, and lessons from history on how conflict can be avoided.
CCG is China’s leading non-governmental think tank, the first Chinese think tank to be granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations, and the first Chinese non-governmental think tank to become one of the world’s top 100 think tanks in the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Think Tank Index. CCG strives to connect China and the world through research and communication in areas such as global governance, trade and economy, migration and globalization.
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