China's Grand Strategy: A Framework Analysis

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https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811542565 This book aims to build the ideal model of China's grand strategy framework, which is based on three key variables: national power, strategic concept and international institution. Taking the rise of China as an opportunity, this book adopts the assessment of national strategic resources as the beginning, focuses on the evaluation of strategic capability, the choice of strategic orientation, the establishment of strategic objectives, the planning of strategic content and the implementation of strategic means. Further, following this main line, this book establishes a China's grand strategy framework based on active participation and integration-transformation-shaping process. This book emphasizes that to achieve the goals of China's grand strategy; China should uphold this strategic attitude: It should not be seduced by praise and should not be made aggressive by criticism. It should learn to be glorious but remain humble, maintain a wealthy, influential but modest position by restraint. This book can be regarded as the essence of the author's 20 years long-term focus and research on the China's grand strategy. The author's postdoctoral tutor Professor Hu Angang’s comment of this book can hit the nail on the head: "This book is a pioneering theoretical study of China's great strategic research and makes a significant contribution to this research field. The basic arguments of this book have been submitted through various approaches to decision-making references or published in academic papers, and have received numerous positive responses and resonance. In my opinion, the basic ideas and important findings of this book will provide imperative reference to long-term strategy decision-making process. In addition, the fundamental theory and analysis method of the book will have an important influence in both domestic and international academic field." Introduction The Strategic Significance of the Rise of China China’s Rise in Historical Perspective The World’s Repercussions to China’s Rise Strategies to Cope with China’s Rise The Era Calls for China’s Grand Strategy Contents About the Author List of Figures List of Tables 1 Foundation for Chinese Research on Grand Strategy 1 Overview of Grand Strategy Research 1.1 Analysis of the Concept of Grand Strategy 1.2 Aspects and Methodology of Grand Strategy Research 2 Focus on China’s Grand Strategy 2.1 Research on China’s Grand Strategy 2.2 Significance of Study on China’s Grand Strategy 3 The Research Framework of This Book 2 Evaluation of China’s National Power 1 Overview of National Power Evaluation 1.1 Examining the Abstract Concept of Power 1.2 Existing Quantitative Equations of National Power 2 Comparison of National Strategic Resources of China, America, Japan, India and Russia (1982–2012) 2.1 National Strategic Resources and the Measurement 2.2 Comparison of National Strategic Resources of the Five Major Countries 2.3 Dynamic Evaluation of China’s National Strategic Resources 2.4 Dynamic Evaluation of the National Strategic Resources of the Five Major Countries 2.5 Motivations for the Comparative Analysis 3 Optimization of China’s Strategic Ideas 1 Reconstruction of Chinese Strategic Culture 1.1 Historical Research into Strategic Culture 1.2 Tradition of Chinese Strategic Culture 1.3 Reconstruction of Chinese Strategic Culture 2 Innovation in China’s National Security Concept 2.1 China’s “Security Dilemma” 2.2 Changes in National Security Concept 2.3 Significance of Establishing and Developing a Community of Shared Interests 3 The Evolution of Chinese Diplomatic Philosophy 3.1 A Perspective of Diplomatic Philosophy 3.2 Basic Concepts of Chinese Diplomatic Philosophy 3.3 Modern Embodiment of Chinese Diplomatic Philosophy 4 Changes of China’s International Strategic Concept 4.1 Origin of Changes in China’s International Strategy Concept 4.2 New Concepts of China’s International Strategy 4.3 Brief Conclusion 4 China’s Participation in International Institutions 1 Strategic Selection Models for International Institutions 1.1 History: China and International Institutions Before 1949 1.2 Relative Isolationism: Strategies for International Institutions Between 1949 and 1970 1.3 Negative Participation: Strategies for International Institutions Between 1971 and 1978 1.4 Partial Participation: Strategies for International Institutions Between 1979 and 1991 1.5 Full Participation: Strategies for International Institutions Since 1992 1.6 Strategies for Active Participation in International Institutions 2 Participation, Establishment and Leadership—New Model of East Asian Cooperation Mechanism 2.1 Importance of East Asia 2.2 East Asian Cooperation Mechanism in China’s Grand Strategy 2.3 Regional Integration and East Asian Institutional Framework 2.4 Participation, Establishment and Leadership: China’s Strategic Framework for East Asia 5 China’s Grand Strategy: A Framework 1 National Positioning and Framework of China’s Grand Strategy 2 System Positioning: A New Socialist Power 3 Economic and Social Positioning: A Big Developing Country 4 Cultural Positioning: A Culturally Rich Country with Abundant Traditional Resources 5 Political Positioning: A Responsible Great Power 6 Strategic Positioning: An Asia-Pacific Power with Major World Influence 7 Strategic Design: Constructing China’s National Strategic System 8 Strategic Direction: The Leading Concept of China’s Grand Strategy 9 Several Key Points Requiring Attention for China’s Grand Strategy Conclusion Awareness of China’s Grand Strategy Evaluating the Framework of China’s Grand Strategy The Awareness of Grand Strategy China Should Develop Let the World Cheer for China References Chinese Literature English Literature Postscript Postscript on Reprint Postscript to the Traditional Chinese Character Version Funded by the Prospect Foundation Postscript to the Second Edition