Managing Strategic Competition with China

Authors

Phillip C. Saunders, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

In the Obama administration’s first major speech on Asia policy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton highlighted the need for a “positive, cooperative relationship” with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that could help the United States address an array of global challenges. Dismissing the view that a rising China must be an adversary, she argued that “the United States and China can benefit from and contribute to each other’s successes” and stressed the importance of working “to build on areas of common concern and shared opportunities.”¹ Her subsequent remarks in Beijing highlighted the importance of U.S.-China cooperation in addressing the global economic crisis, building a partnership on clean energy and climate change, and working together on a range of shared international security challenges.² Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg later called for building a “positive, cooperative and comprehensive U.S.-China relationship for the 21st century.”³

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

7-2009

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Saunders, Phillip C., "Managing Strategic Competition with China" (2009). Strategic Forums. 42.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/42