Lecture 11/12

Question 1

John Ikenberry on China

Answer 1

• China is less threatening than many have suggested.
  1. Even if China is not liberal, it has not sought an alternative order, but rather looks for a voice within the existing order
  2. China has become economically successful only by rising with the order instead of contesting it
  3. The rise of China is possible because of an open and loosely rule based system

Question 2

Evolving Policy on China

Answer 2

1999- respect China
2006- reform China
2010- inviting China to work with the US and international community
2015- welcomes a peaceful China
2017- opposing China and the way they rose to power

Question 3

US Foreign Policy in the Future

Answer 3

• intense security competition between US and China
• more focus on Asia
• NATO members may not contribute to strategy against China because they aren’t threatened by them
• Chinese/Euro economic relations have expanded
• shifting power from North and West to South and East.

Question 4

Anatol Lieven on military power in the US

Answer 4

US will continue to lead in this realm, ensured by the influence of the military industrial complex as well as public’s high regard of the military. Trade and climate change are the only two exceptions.

Question 5

Ideological roots of the US

Answer 5

Remain strong today, not as an empire but as a country with a ‘mission’ to democratize.

Question 6

Andrew Bacevich on American fp

Answer 6

So deep seated that its terms are basically self evident. The US wants to play a hegemonic role on the world stage, but Americans don’t want to pay for it. This creates a mismatch between American power and American ambitions

Question 7

Creation of the Liberal Order

Answer 7

1. post WWII, Bretton Woods established IBRD and IMF in 1944
2. 1949, 12 countries signed the North Atlantic treaty. Marshall Plan helped solidify this order in Europe
3. US brought two enemies, Japan and Germany, into the liberal order.
4. US became more powerful than the USSR, Reagan ended arms race by beating USSR in 80s
5. post Cold War, US focused on expansion of the liberal order.
6. 9/11, War on Terror, unilateralism and preventative warfare threatened the liberal order from within. Liberal elites were out of touch, issues with immigration
7. Trump Era