Swallowing the Poison Frog: Implications of Sino-American Economic Statecraft

Abstract

China's economic rise challenges America's decades-long global preeminence with a rival conceptualization of economic ends, ways, and means. This study seeks to increase the contextual knowledge of the U.S.-Sino economic-security relationship. Based on a dataset of 193 countries between 2000 and 2018, this study econometrically evaluates the effects and determinants of 21st century Chinese economic statecraft, particularly bilateral debt financing. It finds that a ten percentage point increase in a state's Chinese debt stocks is associated with a two vote increase in a state's voting alignment with China in the UN General Assembly. This study then isolates state characteristics that predispose a country to Chinese economic influence, finding that the effect of Chinese economic statecraft is highly contingent to bilateral economic resiliencies and vulnerabilities. As a result, it proposes a bifurcated policy paradigm of selective economic denial and steady economic punishment to capitalize on the enduring but highly contextual impact of Chinese economic influence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2022
Accession Number
AD1210836

Entities

People

  • Ryan J. Orsini

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Congress
  • Economic Policy
  • Economic Security
  • Foreign Policy
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Investments
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design