US Policymakers
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about US Policymakers, every show
Allison: US leaders in 2000 did not foresee China matching US GDP
“The idea that this might work so successfully that China could become, could come to have an economy as large as ours, Didn't occur to anybody at the time.”
Friedberg: China calculates forward effects while the US reacts backward
“No, I think China makes decisions a little differently than perhaps US policymakers and foreign policy makers make decisions. They think forward and calculate the series of events that will follow from that decision, whereas we are typically reacting to some e…”