Should the United States contain China?

In fall 1995, the Clinton administration committed to President Jiang Zemin not to contain China. While a good decision, the administration's rationale indcates that the decision may have been made for the wrong reasons. In choosing not to contain China, the administration may have emasculaed i...

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Published inComparative strategy Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 275 - 292
Main Author Clark, Mark T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.1997
Crane, Russak, published for the Strategic Studies Center, SRI International
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
China (People's Republic)
CONTAINMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
Foreign relations
International relations-US
JIANG ZEMIN
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Policy making
Soviet Union
United States
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
United States
China
US
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Summary:In fall 1995, the Clinton administration committed to President Jiang Zemin not to contain China. While a good decision, the administration's rationale indcates that the decision may have been made for the wrong reasons. In choosing not to contain China, the administration may have emasculaed its foreign policy options toward China, especially as China increasingly engages in belligerent foreign policies. An analysis of the decision, and an alternative paradigm for the decision-making process, is offered in this article.
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ISSN:0149-5933
1521-0448
DOI:10.1080/01495939708403113