1.1Addressing a Research Gap in the Empirical Study of Economic Interdependence
1.2US-China Relations in the Academic Debate
2Theory
2.1The Theoretical Foundation of Economic Interdependence
2.2Economic Interdependence in Modern Times
3Model Construction and Research Design
4Economic Interdependencies between the United States and China
4.1Bilateral Trade Data
4.2Trade Volume
4.3United States
4.4China
5Economic Incentives and Political Realities
6The Human Factor in US-China Relations
7Conclusion
8Bibliography
Dr. rer. pol. Frank Mouritz
is Research Fellow at the Bundeswehr University Munich and Academic Coordinator at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.