Assertive engagement

"This paper recommends an improved strategy for the United States and Japan towards China for the period through 2030. It describes China's current economic and political trajectory, presents four possible futures for Chinese development, and projects the likeliest path. It then analyzes the current, "mixed" U.S. and Japanese strategy towards China, including its shortcomings; proposes two alternatives -- buildup and accommodation: and concludes to recommending an enhanced form of the current strategy, based on five areas of improvement," -- Overview.