Competition, Cold War, or Conflict? Navigating U.S.-China Relations in Tense Times
Great Decisions 2025 | Topic 3
There is one thing that people can actually agree on across the aisle in Washington, DC: The United States is in a strategic competition with a rising China that poses a range of economic, political, and military security challenges.
There is one thing that people can actually agree on across the aisle in Washington, DC: The United States is in a strategic competition with a rising China that poses a range of economic, political, and military security challenges.
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Susan Shirk, "Overreach."
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Wang Jisi, "America and China Are Not Yet in a Cold War."
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Jake Sullivan, Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations
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Ryan Hass, Bonnie Glaser, and Richard Bush, "U.S.-Taiwan Relations."
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