End of Engagement - America''s China and Russia Experts and U.s. Strategy Since 1989

In The End of Engagement, David M. McCourt traces the intense personal, professional, and policy struggles over China and Russia in U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Drawing on 200 original interviews with America's China and Russia experts--from former policymakers and diplomats to prominent think tankers and academics--McCourt chronicles the rise and recent fall of "engagement" with Beijing and Moscow. Adopting a unique, sociological perspective, this book offers an intimate look into the world of America's national security experts as they have struggled to make sense of changes in China and Russia and the remaining question of what comes next.

About the author

David M. McCourt is an international political sociologist and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. His primary research interests lie with the social sources of state action in international politics, with an empirical focus on the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. He completed his graduate work at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Between 2012 and 2014, he was a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Sheffield (UK). He is the author, among other works, of Britain and World Power Since 1945 (2014), American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 (2020), and The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory (2022).

Product details

• Authors: David Mccourt, David M McCourt, David M. McCourt, David M. (Associate Professor of Sociolog Mccourt, David M. (Associate Professor of Sociology McCourt, McCourt David M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2024
• EAN: 9780197765210
• ISBN: 978-0-19-776521-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Defence strategy, planning & research, Comparative Politics, Military and defence strategy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet