Introduction to the Book: "China's New Foreign Security Strategy"

       The book “China’s New Foreign Security Strategy: The Choice for Superpower Status” analyzes the “new security” approach in the Xi Jinping era and the reasons why China is undertaking a comprehensive, epoch-making security reform. The author delves into the methods China employs to implement this new security strategy by mobilizing all available resources, including: Institutional resources (restructuring top-level personnel, institutional reform, and the security legal framework); Diplomatic resources (efforts on the diplomatic front); Economic resources (the “Belt and Road Initiative”); Military resources (the military reform program); and Maritime resources (the East Sea/South China Sea strategy).

       China's foreign security thinking today is built upon the traditional security concepts of the Chinese nation, assimilating the ideology of past Chinese leadership generations, and further developing and expanding it to adapt to the changing international context and the nation's potential after its miraculous rise. Consequently, it carries unprecedented breadth and ambition in its content.

       China's new foreign security strategy aims to consolidate its core national interests, including: security, territorial integrity, sovereignty, development, stability, and national honor.

       The ultimate aspiration is to realize the “Chinese Dream” - to become a wealthy, powerful, and respected superpower.