'Threatening' China and US security : the international politics of identity / Oliver Turner.
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Review of International Studies Vol 39 No 4, October 2013, pp.903-924 (45)Summary: Is China really a threat to America? Argues that America's perception of China as a threat owes more to US ideas, and social and political constructs, than to "objectively verifiable phenomena". Presents three case studies of American attitudes and policies towards China to demonstrate how ideas permeate policymaking processes and may become self-fulfilling prophecies. The cases cover the mid to late nineteenth century, the early Cold War period, and the twenty-first century.
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Is China really a threat to America? Argues that America's perception of China as a threat owes more to US ideas, and social and political constructs, than to "objectively verifiable phenomena". Presents three case studies of American attitudes and policies towards China to demonstrate how ideas permeate policymaking processes and may become self-fulfilling prophecies. The cases cover the mid to late nineteenth century, the early Cold War period, and the twenty-first century.
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