“What remains to be dealt with is to move from crisis management to a definition of common goals, from the solution of strategic controversies to their avoidance. Is it possible to evolve a genuine partnership and a world order based on cooperation? Can China and the United States develop genuine strategic trust?” PoliticsChinaUsaDiplomacySuperpowersSuperpowers And PeaceUs China Relations Book:On China Source: On China
“In other words, each side could arm itself with whatever ideological slogans fulfilled its own domestic necessities, so long as it did not let them interfere with the need for cooperation against the Soviet danger. Ideology would be relegated to domestic management; it took a leave from foreign policy. The ideological armistice was, of course, valid only so long as objectives remained compatible.” PoliticsChinaUsaSoviet UnionInternational RelationsDomestic Politics Book:On China Source: On China