Ruan Zongze is Vice President, Senior Research Fellow, of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing. His research areas include American foreign policy, great power relations, and international security and strategic issues. Author of three books, the latest entitled The Third Way and New Britain was published in November 2001 in Beijing. He writes widely on international politics and security issues for International Studies, American Studies Quarterly, World Affairs, Outlook, China Daily, etc.