The global implications of China''s rise as a global actor
In 2005, a senior official in the George W. Bush administration expressed the hope that China would emerge as a responsible stakeholder on the world stage. A dozen years later, the Trump administration dramatically shifted course, instead calling China a strategic competitor whose actions routinely threaten U.S. interests.
Both assessments reflected an underlying truth: China is no longer just a rising power. It has emerged as a truly global actor, both economically and militarily. Every day its actions affect nearly every region and every major issue, from climate change to trade, from conflict in troubled lands to competition over rules that will govern the uses of emerging technologies.
To better address the implications of China''s new status, both for American policy and for the broader international order, Brookings scholars conducted research over the past two years, culminating in a proj
