In the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, Matt Pottinger, who served as deputy national security adviser under President Donald Trump, and then U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher—both leading voices on foreign policy within the Republican Party—argued that the Biden administration had its China policy backwards. Washington should forget about managing competition with Beijing, they wrote. “It should win it.”
Their article sparked a wide conversation among observers and policymakers about the future of the U.S.-Chinese relationship, prompting some to respond in the upcoming issue of Foreign Affairs. Experts including Rush Doshi, Jessica Chen Weiss, James Steinberg, and Paul Heer—all of whom have shaped China policy at various levels of U.S. government—debate America’s China strategy and what the endgame of this superpower rivalry looks like. Start reading here.
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