But Sutter deserves credit by bringing the same sort of reasoning to understanding foreign policy decision making in the Chinese context. For, China, before and after the Communist Party gained control of the land there, has always assumed a special place in the American intellectual landscape of the world. Granted, these short chapters averaging twenty pages each can only serve as a general survey of events rather than systematic analysis.
But Sutter's treatment has a point: China's pursuit of relations with the United States is part of its global diplomatic profile. Third, Sutter's identification of the personalities, ideology which Sutter finds to be of declining influence, p. In the literature on Chinese foreign policy making, more efforts need to be made along similar lines i. The thrust of the book, then, is made up of a review of major developments in U.
These two chapters point to the same conclusion: although the United States and China may not share long-term strategic interests, the two governments during much of the s found enough of an overlap to prove to the skeptics that a containment or confrontational policy approach is unnecessary. In some ways one can say that Sutter has attempted to do almost the impossible: dealing with virtually all the aspects of China's foreign relations and U.
Written in lucid language, the book is clearly not meant to become material for rigorous analysis and debate in a college classroom. The book is well documented and clearly urges cool-mindedness in debates about specific policies the United States government adopts toward China.
One obvious flaw in the book is Sutter's treatment of China's handling of its relations with Taiwan together in the same chapter on Sino-Korean relations Chapter 6. The six pages pp. Based on its size, strategic location, and rising economic and military power, China exerts worldwide economic influence and is the leading military and political power in Asia, but Chinese leaders are not inclined to assert influence in world affairs more forcefully.
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Built on the Johns Hopkins University Campus. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Preoccupation with foreign pressures continued in the s. Though freed from the Soviet threat, China faced unexpected and prolonged U. Chinese strategists saw developments leading to a multipolar world beneficial to China.
Chinese and foreign observers highlighted a long-term Chinese strategy of broad accommodation to the U. But other foreign observers argued that China had a hidden strategy seeking regional dominance and global leadership. What are the main factors influencing Chinese national security policy? How have these changed under Xi Jinping? All Chinese sovereignty ambitions are located here.
Internal security also is a top priority, with a bigger budget than national defense. The Xi Jinping government has used extreme repression to counter perceived dangers of Islamic extremism in Xinjiang. It remains on guard against threats to regime security posed by U. Meanwhile, disclosures by Edward Snowden alerted the Xi government to dangers of U. How do U. As the U. Relations with the United States and the USSR dominated Chinese foreign policy calculations during the Cold War, and since then relations with the United States have remained the most important external variable determining Chinese foreign policy.
The challenges include big advances in Chinese military capacity targeting U. Xi Jinping was remarkably deferential when dealing with the affronts coming from President Trump and his lieutenants. The harsh U.
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