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After Engagement, What? New Conceptual Frameworks for America's China Strategy

Over the past decade, leaders across the political spectrum have rejected the conceptual framework known as “engagement” that had guided U.S. policy toward China since the mid-1990s. Stephen Wertheim outlines the benefits of identifying a positive framework for U.S.-China relations and explores four conceptual frameworks for America's China strategy for the 2030s.

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By Stephen Wertheim
Published on October 24, 2024

Over the past decade, leaders across the political spectrum have rejected the conceptual framework known as “engagement” that had guided U.S. policy toward China since the mid-1990s. In his chapter for the Carnegie American Statecraft volume on the future of U.S.-China relations, Stephen Wertheim asks, what conceptual framework should American policymakers embrace now? Wertheim outlines the benefits of identifying a positive framework for U.S.-China relations and posits four conceptual models for America’s China strategy for the 2030s.

Find the volume, "U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s: Toward a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence," here: https://bit.ly/4ePjly8.

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