Interpreting_China_s_Grand_Strategy-Past__Present__and_Future.pdf

Interpreting China's Grand Strategy - Past, Present and Future
by Michael D. Swaine & Ashley J. Tellis

This study identifies and analyzes the major factors determining China’s grand strategy—past, present, and future—to better understand the motivations behind Chinese strategic behavior and to assess how such behavior might evolve in the future, over both the near and long term.

The ultimate purpose of such analysis is to more clearly understand whether, and in what manner, China’s grand strategy might pose fundamental challenges to U.S. strategic interests.