Interpreting China's Grand Strategy

China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary...

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Hoofdauteurs: Swaine, Michael D., Daly, Sara A., Greenwood, Peter W.
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Daly, Sara A.
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description China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary to gain a more complete understanding of Chinese security thought and behavior. This study addresses such questions as: What are China's most fundamental national security objectives? How has the Chinese state employed force and diplomacy in the pursuit of these objectives over the centuries? What security strategy does China pursue today and how will it evolve in the future? The study asserts that Chinese history, the behavior of earlier rising powers, and the basic structure and logic of international power relations all suggest that, although a strong China will likely become more assertive globally, this possibility is unlikely to emerge before 2015-2020 at the earliest. To handle this situation, the study argues that the United States should adopt a policy of realistic engagement with China that combines efforts to pursue cooperation whenever possible; to prevent, if necessary, the acquisition by China of capabilities that would threaten America's core national security interests; and to remain prepared to cope with the consequences of a more assertive China.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1148282024-03-29T19:30:56Z Interpreting China's Grand Strategy Swaine, Michael D. Daly, Sara A. Greenwood, Peter W. Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary to gain a more complete understanding of Chinese security thought and behavior. This study addresses such questions as: What are China's most fundamental national security objectives? How has the Chinese state employed force and diplomacy in the pursuit of these objectives over the centuries? What security strategy does China pursue today and how will it evolve in the future? The study asserts that Chinese history, the behavior of earlier rising powers, and the basic structure and logic of international power relations all suggest that, although a strong China will likely become more assertive globally, this possibility is unlikely to emerge before 2015-2020 at the earliest. To handle this situation, the study argues that the United States should adopt a policy of realistic engagement with China that combines efforts to pursue cooperation whenever possible; to prevent, if necessary, the acquisition by China of capabilities that would threaten America's core national security interests; and to remain prepared to cope with the consequences of a more assertive China. 2023-10-05T10:17:51Z 2023-10-05T10:17:51Z 2000 book ONIX_20231005_9780833048301_602 9780833048301 9780833028150 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114828 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/MR1121AF RAND Corporation 10.7249/MR1121AF 10.7249/MR1121AF 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833048301 9780833028150 open access
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