3. Assess the Current NSS, NDS and NMS from China’s Perspective1:
Your task is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the new US National Security Strategy (to include the National Defense Strategy and National Military Strategy if it is available) from the perspective of a Chinese strategist. Your memo must:
a. Summarize the main tenets of US national security strategy;
1 Note: the NDS is only available in summary and at this time the NMS is still in draft.
b. Critically assess the strategy’s strengths and weaknesses as they relate to China;
c. Propose ways China can exploit the strategy to realize its own political aims.