Barack Obama and Donald Trump

China in US grand strategy (2009-2019)

Authors

  • Rúbia Marcussi Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2021v9n4p131-149

Keywords:

Grand Strategy, United States, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, China

Abstract

The article analyses the United States’ policy to the People’s Republic of China during Barack Obama (2009-2016) and Donald Trump (2017-2019) administrations. In order to do so, the article is based on the theoretical debate about grand strategy, which is understood as a State’s general guidelines in the international system, and its sectorial policies, which should be understood, as suggested, in relation to the global policy expressed in the grand strategy. It is in this sense that US China policy should be understood in this study. The article also aims at discussing the policy main historical elements and it argues that the Obama and Trump administrations have perpetuated this policy aiming at constraining China to the international order and rules created and led by the US. The article also argues that US China policy, in the period studied, is based on a growing bipartisanship consensus.

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Author Biography

Rúbia Marcussi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Doutoranda e mestra em Ciência Política pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), professora de Relações Internacionais das Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP), pesquisadora do INCT-INEU. Campinas, Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-0600. Email: rubiamarcussi@gmail.com

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Published

2022-01-10

How to Cite

Rúbia Marcussi. (2022). Barack Obama and Donald Trump: China in US grand strategy (2009-2019). Estudos Internacionais: International Relations Journal of PUC Minas, 9(4), 131–149. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2021v9n4p131-149

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2021): ESTUDOS INTERNACIONAIS - DEZEMBRO

Section

Special Issue: China

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