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Steve Chan, Trust and Distrust in Sino-American Relations

Steve Chan, Trust and Distrust in Sino-American Relations Book Review 103 Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2017, 261 pp., US$ 35 (paperback). ISBN: 9781604979978. DOI: 10.1177/2347797018823982 Since the year 2000, and more importantly since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, Sino-US relations have been described as the most significant relationship in international politics in the twenty-first century. China–US relations have certainly captivated the attention of policymakers and international relations scholars in the last three decades as evidenced by the cottage industry of studies about the contemporary relationship at the economic, political and strategic levels. Scholars of international relations have exhausted the extant theories in an attempt to decipher the complicated relational dynamics of these two superpowers. Yet, something seems to be amiss in the current studies. Steve Chan, in his book Trust and Distrust in Sino-American Relations, proposes that we should consider the role of interstate trust to understand Sino-US relations going forward. Overall the book is well organized. Chan sets out the tone in Chapter 1 for the rationale of the book. In this chapter, he sets the context of why it is important for us to study the role of interstate trust in international relations. The author suggests that the extant international relations theory has missed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

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Book Review 103 Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2017, 261 pp., US$ 35 (paperback). ISBN: 9781604979978. DOI: 10.1177/2347797018823982 Since the year 2000, and more importantly since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, Sino-US relations have been described as the most significant relationship in international politics in the twenty-first century. China–US relations have certainly captivated the attention of policymakers and international relations scholars in the last three decades as evidenced by the cottage industry of studies about the contemporary relationship at the economic, political and strategic levels. Scholars of international relations have exhausted the extant theories in an attempt to decipher the complicated relational dynamics of these two superpowers. Yet, something seems to be amiss in the current studies. Steve Chan, in his book Trust and Distrust in Sino-American Relations, proposes that we should consider the role of interstate trust to understand Sino-US relations going forward. Overall the book is well organized. Chan sets out the tone in Chapter 1 for the rationale of the book. In this chapter, he sets the context of why it is important for us to study the role of interstate trust in international relations. The author suggests that the extant international relations theory has missed

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Published: Apr 1, 2019

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