Session Five
U.S. Grand Strategy in the postCold
War World
How Long Will Primacy Last?
24 March 2017
1) Hard Power: U.S. and China
2) Soft Power: U.S. and China
Hard Power
•  Health of U.S. Economy
•  Health of U.S. Military
•  Health of U.S. alliances
•  Health of U.S. technological leadership
•  Growth of China’s economy
•  Growth of China’s military
•  Growth of China’s alliances
•  Growth of Chinese technologic leadership
•  The big unknown: The information revolution
•  The Third Offset Strategy
Soft Power
•  Getting others to want what you want
•  Strength of U.S. Soft Power Capabilities
•  American movies, film, popular culture,
education system
•  Strength of English
•  Strength of China’s Soft Power Capabilities
•  Chinese popular culture
•  Chinese language
Net Assessment
•  Net Assessment
•  The U.S.’s
– Strengths
– Weaknesses/Vulnerabilities
•  China’s
– Strengths
– Weaknesses/Vulnerabilities