Interpreting China's grand strategy : past, present, and future / / Michael D. Swaine, Ashley J. Tellis.

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...

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Superior document:Project Air Force
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Project Air Force report.
Physical Description:1 online resource (305 p.)
Notes:"MR-1121-AF."
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Maps, Figures, and Table; Summary; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Chronology of Chinese History; Chapter One - China as a National Security Concern; Chapter Two - China's Security Problem; Chapter Three - The Historical Context; Border Defense and Periphery Control; Fluctuations in Periphery Control and Regime Boundaries; The Use of Force; The Use of Noncoercive Security Strategies; The Influence of Domestic Leadersip Politics; Chapter Four - China's Current Security Strategy: Features and Implications; Factors Shaping China's Calculative Security Strategy
  • The Major Guiding Tenets and Policies of China's Calculative Security StrategyBenefits and Risks; Chapter Five - China Faces the Future: the Far Term; Assessing the ""Natural"" Longevity of the Calculative Strategy; Beyond the Calculative Strategy; Chapter Six - Conclusions; Bibliography