Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control

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By William J. Norris ’99

Published June 13, 2016

In his new book Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control, William J. Norris ‘99 presents a new theory that identifies how states use economic tools of national power to achieve strategic objectives. Using the effective Chinese strategy as an example, he introduces an innovative approach to studying the strategies and challenges of economic statecraft.

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