Miller Publishes Column on U.S.-China Relations
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published an article in Hindustan Times on United States-China relations and their deterioration over the years, encapsulated by the recent summit between the two countries in Alaska. This is the ninth of Miller’s monthly columns in Hindustan Times.
In the article, titled “Tracing the roots of the US-China discord,” Miller discussed the history of U.S. efforts to bring China into the liberal international order from President Richard Nixon’s first visit to the country through Tiananmen Square and other crises of the 1990’s and today. China has engaged with the U.S. in that time, but on it’s own terms and, in doing so, has become a dominant force on the world stage. Now, as the world’s second-largest economy, Miller says China has become more assertive in its global dealings, adopting “wolf-warrior diplomacy” to counter the U.S. narratives of China as a threat.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has done little to encourage collaboration between the U.S. and China, and Miller suggests that President Joe Biden’s administration will likely “continue its predecessor’s policies of intensifying strategic competition with China.” She argues that U.S.-China relations, “if left to continue on its current course…will have catastrophic results for the rest of the world.”
The full op-ed can be read on Hindustan Times’ website.
Manjari Chatterjee Miller is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. She works on foreign policy and security issues with a focus on South and East Asia. Her most recent book, Routledge Handbook of China–India Relations (Routledge & CRC Press, 2020), is the comprehensive guide to the Chinese-Indian relationship covering expansive ideas ranging from the historical relationship to current disputes to AI. Learn more about her on her Pardee School faculty profile.