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China Strategy

Competition with China poses a challenge unlike any the United States has faced before. To meet the challenge, CFR’s new China Strategy Initiative will answer the questions that go to the heart of American China strategy through fresh analysis, granular policy recommendations, and convenings with experts from around the world.

Core Questions and Programs

The China Strategy Initiative will launch cross-cutting programs to address four foundational questions.

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    What Does China Think?

    Inside China

    Inside China focuses on understanding and analyzing developments within the People’s Republic of China.

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    What Does China Do?

    China 360°

    China 360° pulls expertise from across CFR to understand China’s global activities and how countries respond to them.

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    How Should the United States Compete?

    China Policy Accelerator

    The China Policy Accelerator produces actionable policy recommendations on what the United States should do not just abroad but at home, from fixing the defense industrial base to securing critical infrastructure from cyberattack.

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    How Should We Manage Competition?

    Global China Forum

    The Global China Forum will launch conversations with experts from the United States, China, and other countries around the world.

Experts

Jim Baker

Jim Baker

Senior Fellow for Strategic Competition

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Thomas J. Bollyky

Bloomberg Chair in Global Health; Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program

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Rush Doshi

C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative

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Erin D. Dumbacher

Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense and National Security Program

Matthew Ferren

Matthew Ferren

Former International Affairs Fellow in National Security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

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Michael C. Horowitz

Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation and Director of the Defense and National Security Program

Kristina Obecny

Kristina Obecny

International Affairs Fellow in National Security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

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Adam Segal

Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

Research Priorities

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The Cyber Gap

Executive Summary Over the past decade, China has built a sophisticated hacking apparatus to penetrate the water systems, energy grids, telecommunications networks, and transportation systems that underpin American society. The goal is not simply espionage. China is pre-positioning malware and maintaining dormant access to critical systems so it can gain leverage in peacetime and wreak […]

In-Depth

Bringing readers up to speed on key issues in China strategy through explainers and interactives.

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The Pharma Choke Point

By Thomas J. Bollyky, Rush Doshi, Prashant Yadav, Olivia Kosloff and Elena Every

Events, Videos, and Podcasts

Productions from the China Strategy Initiative

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