| ID | 168035 |
| Title Proper | Confronting China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kaplan, Robert D |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | EFORE ONE can outline a grand strategy for the United States, one has to be able to understand the world in which America operates. That may sound simple, but a bane of Washington is the assumption of knowledge where little actually exists. Big ideas and schemes are worthless unless one is aware of the ground-level reality of several continents, and is able to fit them into a pattern, based not on America’s own historical experience, but also on the historical experience of others. Therefore, I seek to approach grand strategy not from the viewpoint of Washington, but of the world; and not as a political scientist or academic, but as a journalist with more than three decades of experience as a reporter around the globe. |
| `In' analytical Note | National Interest , No.162; Jul-Aug 2019: p.11-23 |
| Journal Source | National Interest 2019-08 |
| Key Words | America ; Chinese Empire ; American Policymakers ; Cold War |