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Published: 17 December 2022

A Course Correction in U.S.-China Relations: Understanding American Think Tanks’ Policy Narratives

Su Jiangli

Shanxi University, China

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10.31014/aior.1991.05.04.386

Pages: 135-143

Keywords: Course Correction, Policy Narratives, American Think Tanks, U.S.-China Relations

Abstract

American think tanks play important roles in its foreign policy making and their policy narratives about U.S.-China relations have great chances to influence or being factored into Biden administration’s China policies. This article explores American think tanks’ policy narratives advocating managing strategic competition and coordinating on global governance imperatives. It argues that when political discourse changes these narratives will help to make a real course correction in U.S.-China relations come true.

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