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Erik R. Quam

Erik R. Quam is the Director of the China Strategic Focus Group at U.S. Pacific Command.

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CNP Part IV: Calculation Holds Keys to Strategic Competition

07.09.2026 Erik R. Quam

Executive Summary: The Party pins its legitimacy to success in developing “comprehensive national power” (CNP). Understanding how it conceptualizes CNP may enable the United States...

Publication China Brief China
Foreign Policy

CNP Part III: Growing CNP Drove Foreign Policy Shift

01.06.2026 Erik R. Quam

Executive Summary: Beijing’s pursuit of a more assertive foreign policy in the 2010s followed official assessments that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had risen...

Publication China Brief China
Foreign Policy

PRC Conceptions of Comprehensive National Power: Part I

09.05.2025 Erik R. Quam

Executive Summary: Comprehensive national power (CNP) is a central framework through which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) measures its progress toward key strategic objectives. The...

Publication China Brief
CCP

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