Where great powers meet : America and China in Southeast Asia /
Shambaugh, David L.,
Where great powers meet : America and China in Southeast Asia / David Shambaugh. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. - 326 p.
Includes index.
"Great power rivalry is back. On the complicated landscape of international relations today one predominant factor is rising to the fore: comprehensive competition between the United States and People's Republic of China. This competition is now playing out across all functional domains-diplomacy, commerce, security, intelligence, ideology and values, science and technology, and others-as well as across all continents and many countries. This book is about how the two powers are competing in one geostrategically important part of the world: Southeast Asia. For the United States, the shift from "engagement" to "competition" with China has been the product of a seismic shift in American thinking about China in recent years. Over the past decade a variety of constituencies became progressively more frustrated with Chinese behavior in their respective professional spheres: the U.S. military, diplomats, educators, members of Congress, media and journalists, NGOs of a wide variety, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and especially the business community. As a result of these growing frustrations with trying to carry on what should be normal cooperative interactions with Chinese counterparts, a progressive groundswell in antipathy and shift in attitudes about China occurred among these constituencies and across the country"--
9780190091132 9780190914998
2020022185
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--China.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
China--Foreign relations--21st century.
DS525.8
327.59051
Where great powers meet : America and China in Southeast Asia / David Shambaugh. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. - 326 p.
Includes index.
"Great power rivalry is back. On the complicated landscape of international relations today one predominant factor is rising to the fore: comprehensive competition between the United States and People's Republic of China. This competition is now playing out across all functional domains-diplomacy, commerce, security, intelligence, ideology and values, science and technology, and others-as well as across all continents and many countries. This book is about how the two powers are competing in one geostrategically important part of the world: Southeast Asia. For the United States, the shift from "engagement" to "competition" with China has been the product of a seismic shift in American thinking about China in recent years. Over the past decade a variety of constituencies became progressively more frustrated with Chinese behavior in their respective professional spheres: the U.S. military, diplomats, educators, members of Congress, media and journalists, NGOs of a wide variety, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and especially the business community. As a result of these growing frustrations with trying to carry on what should be normal cooperative interactions with Chinese counterparts, a progressive groundswell in antipathy and shift in attitudes about China occurred among these constituencies and across the country"--
9780190091132 9780190914998
2020022185
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--China.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
China--Foreign relations--21st century.
DS525.8
327.59051