Order of East Asia

Men Honghua, was born in October 1969. He received his B.A. in literature from Shandong University in 1991, M.A. in Intercultural communication from Peking University in 1998, and Ph.D. in international relations from Peking University in 2001. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Tsinghua University from 2002 to 2004, and selected as associate professor in 2003 and full professor in 2005 by the Central Party School. In 2015, he was designated as a Distinguished University Professor of Tongji University. He is now president of the Institute of World & China Studies, and dean of the School of Political Science and International Relations, Tongji University. Professor Men was Kimsey Fellow of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2003, a visiting professor at Taiwan Chengchi University in 2005, Nikkei Asia Economist at the Japan Center for Economic Research from 2006 to 2007, senior Eisenhower fellow in 2011, Oxford University Chevening Scholar from 2013 to 2014, and Tokyo UniversityJapan Foundation Scholar in 2015. Professor Men has published 52 books and more than 150 articles in leading journals, including Social Sciences in China.

Chapter 1  Logic of Regional Order Construction.- Chapter 2  Historical Legacy of East Asian Order.- Chapter 3  Momentum and Prospects for East Asian Order.- Chapter 4  China’s Strategy Towards East Asian Order.

“The book is an important contribution to the history of the development of order in East Asia and understanding the US and China’s core strategic objectives in East Asia, as well as the future trajectory of US–China relations in Asia.” (Behzad Abdollahpour, Asian Affairs, Vol. 53 (1), March, 2022)