U.S. Versus Chinese Powers of Persuasion: Does the United States or China Have More Influence in the Indo-Pacific Region?
Abstract
U.S. policymakers and experts are focused on two central questions about long-term strategic competition between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC): How do we assess how well the United States is doing relative to China, and which country has more influence in the Indo-Pacific region? RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers addressed these two questions by first defining what influence means in the context of great-power competition and creating a framework to measure U.S. versus PRC influence. The result brings into focus a well-defined picture of the United States and Chinas strengths and weaknesses in third countries in the Indo-Pacificin short, a snapshot of whether the United States or China is winning the competition for influence and where.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1115229
Entities
People
- Alice Shih
- Bonny Lin
- Cortez A. Iii Cooper
- Derek Grossman
- Jennifer D.P. Moroney
- Jonah Blank
- Logan Ma
- Lyle J. Morris
- Michael S. Chase
- Paul Orner
- Scott W. Harold
- Soo Kim
Organizations
- RAND Corporation