Cultural Pragmatism for US-China Relations - Breaking the Gridlock and Co-creating Our Future (Hardcover)

The Thucydides trap and a US-China face-off are not structurally inevitable; US-China relations are what the US and China make of them. Phua focuses on the ability to see "US as US" and "China as China" to trigger both countries' cultural tendencies towards pragmatism. Phua examines China's arduous journey to fit in the Westphalian system, the deep cultural misunderstandings by the West of Sunzi's The Art of War, and attempts to offer an inside-out cultural synthesis of classical and modern Chinese thought as a proxy of their operational code, beyond the standard cliches about Confucian and Daoist thought. He builds on Jervis' perception and misperception as well as Alastair Johnston's cultural realism. Readers will benefit from a culturally-Chinese, western-educated and politically neutral understanding of "China as China". An essential primer for academics, practitioners and students of international relations, diplomacy and Chinese culture.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge-Solaris Focus on Strategy, Wisdom and Skill
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Charles Chao Rong Phua
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	154
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-227956-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-03-227956-7
Barcode:	9781032279565

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