China’s Grand Strategy

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This book describes the main contradictions in China’s actions on the world stage—peaceful vs. assertive—through a culturally informed framework that takes into account China’s historical memory and political culture. The author analyzes nine cases, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), as examples that show both China’s commitment to peace and development in the region, as well as its concerted effort to introduce alternative institutions on the global stage that could challenge the hegemony of the West and Western values.
Lukas K. Danner is Research Associate and Lecturer at Florida International University, USA.
 


Describes the empirical contradictory actions China has been displaying in its grand strategy manifestations in recent years
Adds nuance to the theory of grand strategy concerning future applications on deviant cases or non-European great-powers by employing a culture-specific framework

Enables a better and more holistic understanding, especially for Western audiences, of current Chinese grand strategy and its future direction

Describes the empirical contradictory actions China has been displaying in its grand strategy manifestations in recent years Adds nuance to the theory of grand strategy concerning future applications on deviant cases or non-European great-powers by employing a culture-specific framework Enables a better and more holistic understanding, especially for Western audiences, of current Chinese grand strategy and its future direction

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Lukas K. Danner

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“China’s Grand Strategy is a reliable source for scholars and possibly laymen to understand the foreign policy decisions and future directions of China.” (Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol. 7 (1), 2020)

“With China’s amazing rise, the question of China’s grand strategy has preoccupied many minds. Based on an understanding of ancient as well as contemporary history, Professor Lukas Danner argues that China indeed has a grand strategy that is organized by the pursuit not of power but ‘honor.’ Its preferred means to achieve its historically accustomed position of preeminent honor is ‘peaceful development.’ Yet it is prepared, under specific circumstances that Danner carefully explicates, to diverge from that path to the employment of more ‘assertive’ tactics. An enlightening text for graduate or undergraduate students or for any intelligent lay reader.” (Lowell Dittmer, Professor of Political Science & Editor, Asian Survey, University of California, Berkeley, USA)

“China’s Grand Strategy is a timely and valuable addition to an increasingly critical body of literature … Danner’s scholarship offers a welcomed and much needed balance that can both appreciate the nuances of China’s multifaceted policy trajectories, and provide an alternative analytical framework to transcend the otherwise often self-fulfilling prophecy of the Thucydides trap.” (Brett McCormick, Associate Professor, University of New Haven, USA)

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