China-US Competition: Measuring Global Influence

Moyer, Jonathan D., Collin J. Meisel, Austin S. Matthews, David K. Bohl, and Mathew J. Burrows. 2021.

"China-US Competition: Measuring Global Influence." Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs. Report for Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center.

Beyond measuring US and Chinese influence capacity, the FBIC Index can be used to analyze changing influence capacity dynamics for more than 200 countries and between more than 20,000 country pairs from 1960 through 2020. Data include a summary measure of influence capacity as well as its primary components—bandwidth and dependence—and their political, economic, and security subcomponents.