Policy Issues,Polythink,and Biden Administration's China Policy Making
Due to the diversity of the hierarchy of issues in policy making on China,groupthink can only explain the unity and consensus among Biden's team regarding high level China policy making issues.But it cannot explain its disagreements,contradictions,and internal conflicts on low-level China policy making.The impact of Polythink on the Biden team becomes more pronounced in the realm of low-level policymaking on China.This effect is manifested in the fact that the Biden team's decision-making on China reflects the typical symptoms of Polythink.These symptoms include conflicting messages from various team members,increased media coverage of internal team disagreements,and prolonged or disjointed decision-making process.Explanations for the symptoms of Polythink can clearly be found in Biden team,such as institutional,political,and normative explanations.All these factors contribute to disagreements,contradictions,and internal conflicts during Biden team's policy making process on China.Groupthink and Polythink can simultaneously influence the Biden administration's policy making on China.While the influence of groupthink is more conspicuous in high-level China policy making issues like formulating China strategies and fundamental policies,Polythink is more conspicuous in low-level China policy making issues such as setting China agendas and implementing policies.The impact of Polythink on the Biden team illustrates that although Biden team is strategically positioned to establish the principle of strategic competition and is tough on fundamental policy,they remain constrained by the traditional decision-making politics.It has led to disagreements,contradictions,and internal conflicts in the team's decision-making process on China.And it has caused the Biden administration to face frequent delays and obstacles in the deployment of plans to advance strategic competition with China.
Policy IssuesGroupthinkPolythinkCohesivenessBiden TeamChina Policy Making
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