

The expression partially gained broad usage because it regularly appeared in the national media as well as in government discussions of challenges to American world leadership. In the United States, the term “the Cold War” was a staple of public discourse from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Most notably, as I will argue below, there never was a Cold War China. An important point often overlooked in discussions about whether the Cold War is a conceptual glass slipper that perfectly fits contemporary Sino-American relations is that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) experienced what pundits now call Cold War 1.0 in a drastically different manner than the United States. Scholars have taken different positions on whether it makes analytical sense to dust off an expression from last century and apply it to the current epoch. Recently, it has become increasingly common to talk about China and the United States entering into a new Cold War. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy.
