USA & Canada: Economics – Politics – CultureUSA & Canada: Economics – Politics – Culture268667303034-6045Russian Academy of Science10.31857/S268667300016435-8The Issue of U.S.-China Confrontation in Experts’ Discussions in the United StatesАмериканские эксперты о противостоянии США - КНРhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8270-9774StepanovAlexeyСтепановАлексей Сергеевичastepano89@gmail.comИнститут США и Канады РАНInstitute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS30082021989105

This article is devoted to the study of U.S.-China relations in the American expert community. First, the author briefly reviews the main think tanks for Chinese research, and then discusses three topics for discussion in the American expert community regarding bilateral relations: the policy of engagement with China, support for Taiwan and the concept of air-maritime operations and its criticism. The author concludes that the opinions of experts regarding China are largely based on their ideological preferences, the evolution of the Chinese state system and the balance of power between the PRC and the United States.

Данная статья посвящена анализу исследований отношений США и КНР в американском экспертном сообществе. Вначале кратко характеризуются главные «мозговые центры», занимающиеся данными вопросами, затем выделяются три основные темы изучения экспертами двусторонних американо-китайских отношений: целесообразность политики взаимодействия Вашингтона с Пекином, поддержка Тайваня Соединёнными Штатами, американская концепция воздушно-морских операций и её критика. Автор приходит к выводу, что мнения специалистов США в отношении Китая во многом строятся исходя из их идеологических предпочтений, эволюции китайской государственной системы и баланса сил между КНР и США.

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