Global Power Dynamics: U.S.-China Relations

The U.S. National Security Strategy is clear that the Post Cold War era is over, and that the competition among the great powers to shape what follows is on. The dangerous U.S.-China competition for Asia-Pacific hegemony continues apace. Flashpoint military confrontations in the South and East China Seas and over Taiwan, and the U.S.-Chinse arms races threaten regional, even nuclear, war. And, despite the two great powers economic interdependence, the escalating trade war threatens people’s livelihoods and their economic security. Of equal importance, there is no hope of halting and reversing the existential dangers of the climate emergency without U.S.-Chinese cooperation.

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Joseph Gerson is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, Co-President of the International Peace Bureau, participates in a confidential U.S.-Russian-European Track II peace and strategic stability process, and was a member of the 2024 Nihon HIdankyo Nobel Peace Prize delegation.. He works closely with peace organizations and advocates across the United States, Asia-Pacific and Europe. His books include Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World and With Hiroshima Eyes.

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