Tangled Titans

David Shambaugh is professor of political science and international affairs and director of the China Policy Program at The George Washington University. He is also nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at The Brookings Institution.

Distinguished Sinologist Shambaugh (George Washington Univ.) edited this volume and provided an opening chapter on conceptualizing the US-China relationship. He posits that the relationship between the US and the People's Republic of China involves an uneasy and ever shifting blend of cooperation and competition, coining the term "coopetition." Therefore, policy makers in both countries face the daunting tasks of simultaneously managing competition and maximizing cooperation. Shambaugh has recruited 15 recognized international scholars to assess the dynamics of these US and Chinese interactions. In an effective format, these scholars address the manifold aspects of the relationship: the theoretical, the domestic, the bilateral, the regional, and the global contexts. On the basis of these analyses, a distinguished Chinese academic and then a distinguished American scholar evaluate "Visions of the Future" in the relationship between these "tangled titans." A valuable work that will be not outdated soon, it belongs in all serious academic libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.

• Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: Tangled Titans: Conceptualizing the U.S.-China RelationshipDavid ShambaughPart II: The Historical ContextChapter 2: The Evolution of U.S.-China RelationsNancy Bernkopf TuckerPart III: The Theoretical ContextChapter 3: The Rise of China, the United States, and the Future of the Liberal International OrderG. John IkenberryChapter 4: U.S.-China Relations in a Realist WorldAshley J. TellisPart IV: The Domestic ContextChapter 5: Domestic American Influences on U.S.-China RelationsRobert SutterChapter 6: Domestic Chinese Influences on U.S.-China RelationsYufan HaoPart V: The Bilateral ContextChapter 7: The Diplomatic Relationship: Substance and ProcessBonnie S. GlaserChapter 8: The Commercial and Economic RelationshipCharles W. Freeman IIIChapter 9: The Cultural RelationshipTerry LautzChapter 10: The Military-Security RelationshipChristopher P. TwomeyPart VI: The Regional ContextChapter 11: U.S.-China Interactions in AsiaAvery GoldsteinChapter 12: Taiwan in U.S.-China RelationsShelley RiggerPart VII: The Global ContextChapter 13: U.S.-China Interactions in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin AmericaDavid Shambaugh and Dawn MurphyChapter 14: U.S.-China Interactions in Global Governance and International OrganizationsRosemary FootPart VIII: Visions for the FutureChapter 15: Chinese Visions of the Future of U.S.-China RelationsWu XinboChapter 16: American Visions of the Future of U.S.-China Relations: Competition, Cooperation and ConflictHarry Harding