Dr. Gewirtz has written extensively in a very short period of time on economic, geopolitical, technology, historical, and security issues within the U.S.-China relationship. As a former history lecturer, he has a firm understanding of modern Chinese history. He often brings this aspect of his research into his perspective on contemporary events. As he writes in Foreign Affairs about China’s technology push: 

President Xi Jinping has described a formidable objective for Chinese tech: “catch up and surpass.” But that ambition, abbreviated as ganchao in Chinese, has long been one of the Chinese Communist Party’s defining goals; it remains the essential framework for understanding China’s ambition to become a technological superpower today, bringing together the legacies of Marxism, Maoism, and the tortuous pursuit of modernization by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Dr. Gewirtz’s beliefs on how to move forward with the U.S.-China relationship aligns greatly with the perspectives expressed by other high ranking members of the administration. Like Jake Sullivan, he has expressed that the U.S. must address China from a position of strength. It must show the world that it “can reliably revive the sources of its power and leadership.” Along with promoting this agenda of “national renewal and resilience”, the U.S. will be able to better leverage strengths from its allies and partners across the globe to address Chinese aggression.

However, he also believes that the U.S. and China continue to have shared interests, in that both countries “must confront profound challenges such as climate change, pandemic disease, and nuclear proliferation, which cannot be met without coordination and joint action.”