China is definitely on the rise. But don't write off American dominance just yet.
China's growing strength is still something the United States can withstand. If we panic, we will turn a manageable crisis into a frightening one.
China is definitely on the rise. But don't write off American dominance just yet.
Even if the trade wars between the United States and China that dominated the Trump era have receded slightly, many other issues have intensified.
China tested a hypersonic and potentially globe-spanning weapon this summer. It conducted dozens of sorties by combat aircraft that touched on Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification zone and otherwise menaced the island of 23 million (plus much of the world’s semiconductor production capacity) that it claims as its own. The Pentagon’s artificial intelligence guru, Nicolas Chaillan, recently resigned with a warning that the United States is losing the AI race to China. Intelligence and military officials warn that China may be expanding its nuclear arsenal by up to several hundred warheads. And commanders of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii have estimated that China might well attempt to take Taiwan within a half-dozen years or so, given its military modernization trends.