Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has applied a policy of engagement towards China and Russia. During the administration of Barack Obama, this approach led to two different outcomes: while the American relations with Russia reached their lowest point and international sanctions were...

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Main Author: Pavel Hlaváček
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of International Relations Prague 2018-12-01
Series:Czech Journal of International Relations
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Online Access:https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/157
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description Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has applied a policy of engagement towards China and Russia. During the administration of Barack Obama, this approach led to two different outcomes: while the American relations with Russia reached their lowest point and international sanctions were imposed on Russia during his term, in the case of China, the US relations with it were better than prior to the election of Barack Obama. The goal of this article is to determine why this occurred. I come to the conclusion that China and Russia adopted different forms of engagement in regard to the US. While China has been working on its power and prestige in close cooperation with the United States, and therefore it should not be labeled as a “revisionist power”, Russia has tried to re-establish its power potential and international prestige in opposition to the United States. Therefore Russia can be called a “revisionist power”.
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spelling doaj.art-cd8c815a6542436fbdb0ecd7abccbd282023-01-07T06:14:32ZengInstitute of International Relations PragueCzech Journal of International Relations0323-18442570-94292018-12-0153410.32422/mv.1541Do Not Throw Them in the Same BasketPavel Hlaváček Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has applied a policy of engagement towards China and Russia. During the administration of Barack Obama, this approach led to two different outcomes: while the American relations with Russia reached their lowest point and international sanctions were imposed on Russia during his term, in the case of China, the US relations with it were better than prior to the election of Barack Obama. The goal of this article is to determine why this occurred. I come to the conclusion that China and Russia adopted different forms of engagement in regard to the US. While China has been working on its power and prestige in close cooperation with the United States, and therefore it should not be labeled as a “revisionist power”, Russia has tried to re-establish its power potential and international prestige in opposition to the United States. Therefore Russia can be called a “revisionist power”. https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/157US Foreign PolicyEngagementRevisionismBarack ObamaChinaRussia
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Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
Czech Journal of International Relations
US Foreign Policy
Engagement
Revisionism
Barack Obama
China
Russia
title Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
title_full Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
title_fullStr Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
title_full_unstemmed Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
title_short Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
title_sort do not throw them in the same basket
topic US Foreign Policy
Engagement
Revisionism
Barack Obama
China
Russia
url https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/157
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