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Aiden Warren,Adam Bartley

Us Foreign Policy and China in the 21st Century: The Bush, Obama, Trump Administrations

Us Foreign Policy and China in the 21st Century: The Bush, Obama, Trump Administrations

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The book examines the 21st century presidencies of the United States and their comparative policies, strategies, attitudes, and behaviors towards the People's Republic of China, focusing on the key security challenges relating to Chinese military modernization, the South and East China Seas, the Indo-Pacific region, the Belt and Road Initiative, and nuclear modernization. It reveals that Washington and Beijing are moving towards a new period of competition and conflict, characterized by an amplified preponderance of competition and the enhanced probability of conflict and confrontation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press


The 21st century has seen three U.S. presidential administrations with distinct policies towards China. The first term of President Trump focused on key security challenges, including Chinese military modernization, the South and East China Seas, the Indo-Pacific region, the Belt and Road Initiative, and nuclear modernization. This book highlights the core security challenges that have defined U.S. foreign policy in relation to China and its rise on the international stage. During the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, traditional safeguards and stabilizers to strategic competition were broadly adhered to, albeit with difficulty. However, under the leadership of Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping, these bulwarks have alarmingly diminished. Abrupt departures in engagement platforms and asserting regional defensive postures have become the new norms. This book provides much-needed connective tissue in examining these departures and their antecedents across the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. It reveals that Washington and Beijing are moving towards a new period where competition will be amplified and the probability of conflict and confrontation will be enhanced.

Weight: 652g
Dimension: 161 x 240 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474453059

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