Temporal Horizons and Strategic Decisions in U.S.-China Relations: Between Instant and Infinite

By Daniel Joseph Tauss

Using an interdisciplinary social-science approach, Temporal Horizons and Strategic Decisions in US-China Relations: Between Instant and Infinite takes on the challenge of understanding the foreign policy decision process through the lens of the temporal horizon. A temporal horizon is the distance into the future a decision-maker prioritizes when evaluating outcomes and considering possibilities. By looking at a number of recent key moments of US-China relations that have immediate, short-term, long term, and far-reaching implications, the book considers which are predominant in the policy process. Looking at the role of time as a factor in the decision-making process is not new to political science, but this book attempts to break down and articulate the process by looking at a range of specific time frames. The book places special attention on future considerations in a variety of ways, combining the insights of psychology, economics, and future studies to consider political science in a new manner.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739188275
• ISBN13: 9780739188279
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"