Commentary on China's External Grand Strategy

Abstract

This essay provides a broad-brush commentary on some of the salient elements of China's external strategy, speculates about some of the challenges Beijing faces in executing its external strategy, and tables some implications. Before doing so, however, it offers five sui generis characteristics of strategies, because they inform the framework used to think about China's external strategy. First, strategies are usually developed to achieve defined objectives or "ends" in the context of specific circumstances. Second, strategies require the development of concepts, approaches, and concrete policies to achieve those objectives. These concepts are known as the "ways" in the strategic "ends-ways-means" equation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530746

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  • David M. Finkelstein

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  • Center for Naval Analyses

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Foreign Policy
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