| Synopsis | 第1-8页 |
| Preface | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1. Does Asymmetry Matter? | 第11-64页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·A symmetry in Regional Context | 第16-19页 |
| ·R egional Context of Asymmetry: CHINA and ASEAN | 第19-42页 |
| Critique of the Dominant Theories | 第23-28页 |
| How Asymmetry Works Between Sino-ASEAN Relations in the Regional Context | 第28-31页 |
| The Novelty of the Sino-ASEAN Relations since Normalization | 第31页 |
| The Security Dimension | 第31-35页 |
| The economic dimension | 第35-38页 |
| The United States in the Region | 第38-41页 |
| Conclusion | 第41-42页 |
| ·Regional Context of Asymmetry in South America | 第42-64页 |
| Brazil as a Regional Power | 第44-52页 |
| China and its Implications to Brazil within the Regional Context | 第52-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 2. The Puzzle of Asymmetry | 第64-108页 |
| Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·Hegemonic Stability or Hierarchy | 第64-75页 |
| ·Asymmetry as a New Theoretical Framework | 第75-98页 |
| Asymmetry, Leadership and Institutionalization | 第76-86页 |
| Asymmetry and Analytic Narratives | 第86-91页 |
| Asymmetry, Deference and Rationality | 第91-96页 |
| Autonomy, Misperception and Asymmetry | 第96-98页 |
| ·Theoretical Contributions to Contemporary IR Theories | 第98-108页 |
| What Makes Norms Work as They Form | 第98-101页 |
| How Non-Material Factors Bring Order Back in Anarchy | 第101-103页 |
| A Bridge between Sinology and Political Science | 第103-105页 |
| Possibility of Building a Non-Western IR Theory | 第105-108页 |
| Chapter 3. China’s Military Campaigns in the Korean Peninsula before Modernization | 第108-119页 |
| ·Asymmetry and Military Campaigns | 第108-112页 |
| ·Ming’s Dispatch in 1592 | 第112-116页 |
| ·Qing’s Dispatch in 1894 | 第116-119页 |
| Chapter 4. Asymmetric Relations in the Post-Cold War Era:South Korea between the U.S. and China | 第119-146页 |
| Introduction | 第119-121页 |
| ·Shortcomings of Existing Theories | 第121-125页 |
| ·P uzzle Unsolved | 第125-127页 |
| ·A symmetric Misperception between Allies | 第127-130页 |
| ·E mpirical Evidence | 第130-145页 |
| Conclusion | 第145-146页 |
| Conclusion | 第146-149页 |
| Bibliography | 第149-164页 |
| List of Public Opinion Polls | 第164-167页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第167-168页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第168-170页 |
| Abstract | 第170-171页 |
