The Biden administration’s early rhetoric on China, unsurprisingly, mimics the Obama approach of engagement and competition. In a speech at the State Department on February 4, the president said ...

Kennan reaffirmed this view in the 1970s, reiterating that containment did not have “any great relevance” to China because it was not a “highly expansive power” except with regard to its ...

China’s containment conspiracy theories finally came true, however, when the Biden administration announced its Oct. 7 semiconductor export control policy.

Containment Can Work Against China, Too There are important differences between Xi Jinping’s China and the Soviet Union, but the Cold War still offers clear strategic guidance for the U.S.

But containment isn’t the right strategy for an increasingly assertive China. The Soviet Union was crippled by both its economic and political systems. The former discouraged growth.

For 75 years, containment and deterrence were foundational for American and Western strategic thinking. ... China's growing economic and military power could no longer be ignored by Washington.

Today, the U.S.-China competition is playing out against the backdrop of a world that is far less broken than in 1945. But it would be foolish to think that competition with China—which is ...

China containment . Making Sense of Xi’s Claim That the US Is ‘Goading’ China to Invade Taiwan By Corey Lee Bell. Xi Jinping's statement reflects long established and now widely ...

Washington needs a new grand strategy that can counter Beijing’s quest for power by preserving American economic dominance. This requires building U.S. financial, technological, and industrial ...

Regarding Hal Brands’s “Containment Can Work Against China, Too” (Review, Dec. 4): The clear benefit of containment of the Soviet Union was a path to global stability, economic growth, trade ...