Engagement strategy was fundamentally a Cold War strategy developed when the Soviet Union was at its apex, designed to use China as a counterweight and then build openness after containment was addressed—the chronology matters for understanding what the original objectives were.
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“this was fundamentally a cold war strategy in my view... we can't go back to policies developed for a different time when the world is different, China's different, we're different [1:23:02]”
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Breaking The Engagement: How China Won And Lost America | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:14 AM
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