It’s time to hit the reset button and begin the climbdown from a set of grave tensions, and move toward a mature, stable and productive relationship which may not solve all the current problems, but can at least put adults in the room.
Creating space for more balanced and restrained co-existence is possible and ought to be the diplomatic priority.
In order to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the world must move away from carbon-based energy.
Trying to build the community of mankind with a shared future characterized by more common security, common peace, and common prosperity, Xi’s globalization strategy is open to all, driven by all, and appears to be benefiting all.
How Biden handles this relationship is critical to his presidency. Hopefully, he will take a pragmatic approach.
Although a soft reset arguably is in everyone’s best interests, neither side realistically expects relations to warm considerably overnight. Both realize relations are tense and even fraught on some fronts.
China and the US need to aggressively seek out opportunities where their national interests overlap to work together and step back from the abyss.
Reversing the damage done by the Trump administration will not be easy. It will take time, patience, and persistence. But the opportunity for a new engagement strategy between Europe, China, and the United States is a precious one, which President Biden and his team should nurture and cultivate.
Why does the US play the unwinnable game of which model of government is ‘better’? Why does the US try to block China’s rise and thereby possibly fall into a terminal Thucydides Trap? Why can’t Western leaders, especially in the US, engage in confidence-building cooperative efforts where our national interests overlap?
The claim that U.S.-China prosperity is a zero-sum game of competition where there are winners and losers is misleading.
The world has reached a crucial juncture, and relations among China, the U.S., and the EU have entered an unprecedentedly complicated stage. Opportunities for cooperation and risks of confrontation coexist and carry the same weight.
A new strategy is needed to change the framework of engagement between the United States and China from distrust to trust, from conflict to cooperation.
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