The U.S. and China have the largest economies in the world. They also are the most influential countries and have the most powerful militaries in the world. Therefore, they are the most important countries to help the world to solve, or at least reduce, the many large and critical problems facing humanity, in areas such […]
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The West Must Prepare for a Long Overdue Reckoning*
September 2023
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Five major trends illustrate how the world is changing, and that the West must grapple with the reality that it can no longer impose its “leadership” on the world as it once did. The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming to pass. As the world grapples with the implications of this shift in power, the […]
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Review of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
June 2023
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This article provides a review of the recent book [1] Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucdydides’s Trap? by Graham Allison. The book discusses whether a situation with a rising power facing a ruling power will likely end up in war. In the book, Allison analyzed several such world situations, it argues that […]
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Some New Perspective on U.S.-China Relationship
We have discussed U.S.-China Relationship for some time. In the past, that was under the assumption that being the world’s two most powerful countries, if the two countries can work cooperatively to address the most critically important issues facing the world, then that would create the most benefits for the world, and at the same […]