@article{Goncharenko_2022, title={FORMATION OF THE FOREIGN POLICY COURSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE US PRESIDENT JAMES E. CARTER ON THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977)}, volume={6}, url={https://istznu.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2434}, abstractNote={<p>The article investigates the formation of the foreign policy course of US President James E. Carter on China in January-December 1977. There were characterized the election statements of the US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party J.E. Carter on China. The practical implementation of pre-election initiatives by the administration of the President James E. Carter in the Chinese direction in January-December 1977 was studied. There were analyzed reasons, course and consequences of intensification of Washington’s foreign policy strategy towards Beijing during the during investigated period. The role of various groups in the American establishment in the process of forming the foreign policy course of the new administration towards China in January-December 1977 is outlined. It is described the specific US foreign policy actions towards communist China at the beginning of James E. Carter presidential period.</p> <p>Despite the presence in the political, academic and social circles of the United States of certain attitudes in favor of the recognition of the People’s Republic of China as the political reality of international life, the question of the legal recognition of China in the second half of the 1970’s constantly moved to the background.</p> <p>The victory of James E. Carter in the presidential election in 1976 was accompanied by a series of changes in the system of geopolitical and military priorities of the United States. The new administration’s more realistic approach to China was due primarily to the fact that Beijing, which renounced its alliances and claimed the role of a «third force», was a strong player in the international arena. Moreover, the policy of Nixon-Ford did not justify itself, as China has intensified its foreign policy, established relations with many countries, including the US allies.</p> <p>A number of objective and subjective factors not prevented the administration of the 39th President of the United States, James E. Carter, radically changing Washington’s Chinese policy. Communist China continued to be recognized as a powerful factor in the US-Soviet dialogue.</p> <p>In spite of this, in the late 70’s of the twentieth century the objective preconditions began to evolve gradually, which promoted to the normalization of US-China relations in the future, and allowed to resolve most of the controversial issues that ultimately led to the international recognition of the People’s Republic of China by the United States of America.</p&gt;}, number={58}, journal={Zaporizhzhia Historical Review}, author={Goncharenko, A.}, year={2022}, month={Nov.}, pages={404-416} }