January 22, 2019

Jaw-Jaw: How America Got China Wrong

How did American analysts seem to get China so “wrong”? Why wasn’t there more of a debate until fairly recently inside the halls of power? What concerns drove the Obama administration’s China policy? What would a Chinese-led international order look like? Ely Ratner discusses these issues and many more in the fifth episode of “Jaw-Jaw.”

Listen to the full episode from War on the Rocks here:

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