"In the last four years, the quality and quantity of contacts between American and Chinese officials has declined. Lessons from the Cold War suggest that they should be expanded again today." THREAD 1/
"As achieved even with the Soviet Union, the United States can simultaneously compete and engage, deter and cooperate with China as long as objectives are clearly defined." 2/
"Improved relations with China should never be a goal of American diplomacy in itself; at a minimum, interaction with hostile regimes is a method for acquiring better information about intentions and capabilities." 3/
" On a range of issues, no amount of talking will reduce disagreements, but confrontation, let alone armed conflict, can never be permitted based on misunderstandings and misinformation." 4/
"More interactions between our presidents and senior diplomats must be cultivated once again. At a minimum, mechanisms of “crisis management” and “crisis prevention” similar to the Cold War must be expanded in US-China relations today." 5/
Excerpts from "Cold War Lessons and Fallacies for US-China Relations Today." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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