1st Edition

The Pulse of China’s Grand Strategy

By Jean Kachiga Copyright 2022
268 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book identifies and assesses the grand strategy of Chinese foreign policy following a flurry of diplomatic and investment activities in recent years. Through its adept application of the concept of grand strategy, it examines a series of questions concerning China’s objectives, targets, theaters, operations, coordination, and purpose (teleology). By answering these questions, the book... Read more

1 On Grand Strategy 2 Grand Strategy and the Structure of the Global System 3 Spotting a Grand Strategy 4 Does China Have a Grand Strategy? 5 The Objectives 6 Time and Space Factors 7 Scale and Scope of China’s Grand Strategic Operations 8 Coordination Effort 9 Grand Strategy Narrative or the Pulse of Grand Strategy 10 The Quest for a Teleology 11 Is China’s Grand Strategy Liberalist or Realist? 12 Grand Strategy Execution 13 China’s Foreign Policy Upgrade 14 China and the US Factor 15 Toward a New International System Structure

Biography

Jean Kachiga teaches in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Brockport, USA.