The End of Engagement

David M. McCourt is an international political sociologist and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. His primary research interests lie with the social sources of state action in international politics, with an empirical focus on the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. He completed his graduate work at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Between 2012 and 2014, he was a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Sheffield (UK). He is the author, among other works, of Britain and World Power Since 1945 (2014), American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 (2020), and The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory (2022).

Introduction: Engaging China and Russia since 1989
Part I Rethinking Engagement
Chapter 1: What Was Engagement?
Chapter 2: From Engagement to Strategic Competition
Part II The End of Engagement with China
Chapter 3: Beyond Hawks and Doves: Polarization in the U.S. China Fields
Chapter 4: Professional Status Oppositions and the Wisdom of Engagement
Chapter 5: Engagement Is Personal
Part III Ending Engagement with Russia
Chapter 6: The Russia-We-Have, or the Russia-We-Want? Polarization in the Russia Field
Chapter 7: The Politics of U.S. Russia Expertise
Chapter 8: Engagement with Russia Is Personal
Conclusion: After Engagement