Should the US Embrace or Reject Engagement with China?
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About the Episode
This week, the Chinese Communist Party hosts its twice-a-decade National Congress and President Xi Jinping is set to secure power for a third term. Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue the importance of engagement with China as a necessary component of US foreign policy. If we do not pursue it, he says, we are missing opportunities for a more peaceful coexistence between both countries and the world.
This episode originally aired on August 4, 2022.
Reading List
- The Next Taiwan Strait Crisis Has Arrived, Paul Heer, The National Interest, August 2, 2022
- Engagement With China Has Not Failed, Paul Heer, The National Interest, July 14, 2022
- Understanding U.S.-China Strategic Competition, Paul Heer, The National Interest, October 20, 2020
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