Rand, the formidable think tank regarded as the mastermind of the U.S. national security state, may be populated by ¡°the wizards of Armageddon,¡± but when it comes to the rise of China, a holy war is the last thing Rand wants.
Last month, that calls for a modus vivendi between Washington and Beijing to avert the downward spiral in their relations into terminal binary, zero-sum thinking. That, alleges progressive voices in the online world, signals an important shift in U.S. thinking about China and perhaps a fundamental restructuring of that vital relationship.
Not exactly. Yes, the authors warn that a rivalry without limits risks ¡°outright military conflict, economic warfare and political subversion as well as the danger that tensions between the world¡¯s two leading powers will destroy the potential for global consensus on such issues as climate and artificial intelligence.¡± But that doesn¡¯t mean that the authors, distinguished political scientists who have done a deep dive on great power relations, believe a fundamental restructuring is possible.
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