Breaking the engagement : how China won & lost America / by David Shambaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shambaugh, David L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

How China won & lost America

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"For over five decades following the 1972 rapprochement between the United States and China, the two countries seemed to be steadily building a sound relationship, even accounting for periodic setbacks like the Tiananmen Square massacre. The last decade, though, has seen a sharp increase in tensions and a complete reorientation of American policies toward China-from "engagement" to "competition." In Breaking the Engagement: How China Won & Lost America, esteemed scholar David Shambaugh examines the evolution, expansion, and disintegration of the American engagement strategy towards China. Shambaugh attributes the recent sharp deterioration of relations to a combination of China's actions and American expectations. Xi Jinping's increasingly assertive foreign policy and domestic repression has directly challenged American interests. More deeply, he argues that the real underlying cause is America's longstanding paternalistic approach to transform China into a liberal state and society which conforms with the U.S.-led global liberal order. When China has generally evolved in this direction--politically, economically, socially, intellectually, and internationally--it corresponds with American aspirations and the two could cooperate. But when Beijing pushes back against this transformative strategy--which Beijing sees as subversion--Americans become disillusioned and U.S. policymakers see China as a malign regime, which must be countered. By focusing on the role of perceptions and U.S. expectations in fueling the shift towards competition and rivalry in the last decade, Shambaugh provides a unique new perspective on this critical global relationship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Elusive Equilibrium

The Strategy and Tactics of Engagement

The Genesis of the Engagement Coalition

The Evolution of the Engagement Coalition After Normalization

From Engagement to Strategic Competition

Inside the Beltway: The US Government

Outside the Beltway: Non-Governmental Actors

The Great American China Policy Debate

Towards a New China Strategy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-396) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shambaugh, David L. Breaking the engagement

ISBN:

9780197792421

0197792421

OCLC:

1463663920