Foreign Affairs: posições soft e hard sobre a China; os EUA não sabem, na verdade, o que fazer, a China sabe...

China é a obsessão imperial...  

Is China on the rise? Or does its recent economic slowdown suggest a shift in momentum? In a series of new essays from the most recent issue of Foreign Affairs, top experts and policymakers grapple with how to think about China and its power in the world—and how the United States should respond. The political scientist Elizabeth Economy discusses how Washington can push back on Xi Jinping’s vision for a new multipolar global order. Evan Medeiros, who served for six years on the staff of the National Security Council as director for China, warns against assuming that Chinese power is in decline. And former Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger and former U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher argue that the United States should aim to win the competition with China, rather than just manage it. Start reading below.

China’s Alternative Order And What America Should Learn From It By Elizabeth Economy

The Delusion of Peak China America Can’t Wish Away Its Toughest Challenger By Evan S. Medeiros

No Substitute for Victory America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed By Matt Pottinger and Mike Gallagher