Carnegie Endowment 97d ago

The strategic competition between the United States and China will shape the operating environment for American statecraft for years to come. How is President Trump approaching China in his second term versus those who came before him? The Biden administration was the first U.S. administration to tackle this strategic challenge head on. How well did it perform? What lessons can be gleaned from its experience ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit? “Implementing the Biden Administration’s China Strategy,” a new report by Christopher S. Chivvis and Senkai Hsia for the Carnegie Endowment’s American Statecraft Program, tackles these questions. Drawing on dozens of interviews with senior Biden officials, the report traces the evolution of the administration’s approach and distills key lessons from both its successes and its shortcomings. To mark the launch of this report, Christopher S. Chivvis, senior fellow and director of the American Statecraft Program, will be joined for a discussion by Rush Doshi, Julian Gerwitz, and Laura Rosenberger, former senior National Security Council officials who served as key architects of the administration’s China policy. Together, they’ll explore how the White House translated a broad strategic vision into operational policy, what it takes to manage great power relations, and more.