Xi's Grand Strategy and U.S.-China Relations
China's grand strategy under Xi offers great resemblance to the traditional international relations structure and system of the Middle Kingdom historically. Whether it is termed "community of common destiny", or the more Western concept of "hegemonic stability", Xi's Sino-centrism brings fundamental conflicts and challenges to the liberal international order. Accommodation and coexistence with the Chinese model of international order is prone to frictions and tensions by default. Given the ongoing unprecedented changes to the international system and to U.S.-China relations, China's ability to navigate great power competition and more importantly, its internal weaknesses and constraints will be essential to the peace and stability of the world.
Dr. Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations and China’s relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes. From 2011 to early 2014, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, jointly appointed by the Foreign Policy Program and the Global Development Program, where she focused on Chinese national security decision-making processes and China-Africa relations. From 2008 to 2011, Dr. Yun was the China Analyst for the International Crisis Group based in Beijing, specializing on China’s foreign policy towards conflict countries and the developing world. Prior to ICG, she worked on U.S.-Asia relations in Washington, DC for five years. She completed her Ph.D. from School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
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