Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Translating Confucianism as a Pluriversal Engagement Part One. Cosmology: Denationalizing Tianxia 1. De-Sinicizing Tianxia : The Invisible Hand of International Relations 2. Rivalry in Tianxia : Hegemony as Role Relations Part Two. Relation: Practicing Confucian IR 3. Role and Relation in Confucian IR: Relating to Strangers in the States of Nature 4. Performing Anger: The Ethics of Foreign Policy Role Emotion 5. Patience with Nonsolutions: Emotion and Trust in Role Creation 6.

Corrupting Friendship: Distance Sensibilities in International Gift Giving 7. Doomed to Expand: Exception and Exceptionalism as the Mechanisms of Relating Part Three. Identity: (De)securitizing Chineseness 8. Western Belonging Aborted: The Ideological Background of the US-China Rivalry 9. Neither Balance nor Deterrence: Relational Security across the Taiwan Strait 10. Building Post-Western Regionalism: Moral Superiority or Post- Tianxia ? 11. Experimenting with Twin Sovereignty: Implications for the Security Community Conclusion: Unlearning Chinese Relational IR Notes Index.