Friends or Foes? Examining 10 years of U.S Intelligence assessments on the China threat, 2013-2023
This thesis examines how China has been portrayed in the Annual Threat Assessment reports of the U.S. intelligence community between 2013-2023. A qualitative document analysis is conducted on 9 publicly available threat assessment reports issued during this period. The theoretical framework applied is threat perception theory, which posits that a state’s perception of threats guides strategic poli
