Intro
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Research Issue and Topicality
1.2 Review of Literature
1.3 Research Design
2 The Structural Frame of Sino-U.S. Relations
2.1 China and the United States in the World Economy
2.2 China and the United States in the Military Realm
2.2.1 Quantitative Military Perspective
2.2.2 Qualitative Military Perspective
2.3 Synopsis
3 Grand Theory Perspectives on Sino-U.S. Relations
3.1 Neoliberalism
3.1.1 The Basic Idea: Interdependence

3.1.2 From Interdependence to Globalization
3.1.3 From Globalization to Global Governance
3.1.4 Cooperation in a Globalizing World
3.1.5 Neoliberal Hypotheses on PRC and U.S. (Relational) Foreign Policy Behavior
3.2 Neorealism
3.2.1 Basic Neorealist Thought: A Rather Grim Picture of World Politics
3.2.2 Defensive Neorealism
3.2.3 Rise and Fall Neorealism
3.2.4 Neorealist Hypotheses on PRC and U.S. (Relational) Foreign Policy Behavior
4 Empirical Verification
4.1 The Taiwan Issue
4.1.1 The Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Behavior of the PRC in the Taiwan Issue

4.1.2 The Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Behavior of the United States in the Taiwan Issue
4.2 The North Korea Issue
4.2.1 The Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Behavior of the PRC in the North Korea Issue
4.2.2 The Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Behavior of the United States in the North Korea Issue
4.3 Summary and Interpretation of Empirical Results
5 Implications
5.1 Scholarly Implications
5.2 "Real-World" Implications
Sino-U.S. and International Relations in the 21st Century
6 Conclusion
Bibliography