Sino-American Relations and the New American President
By Lloyd Thrall
20 Jun 2008
As Professors Joseph Nye, G John Ikenberry, and Henry Kissinger have pointed out recently in various academic and media contributions, the implications of the current struggle against terrorism are – in Kissinger’s words – ‘dwarfed’ by the coming challenges and opportunities surrounding China’s rise. Indeed, in Kissinger’s opinion the ramifications of China’s search for its place in the international order are more significant than either the French Revolution or Bismarck’s unification of Germany. There is a post-Iraq, there is a post-War on Terror. But there is no post-China, and the West ignores this fact at its own peril.
20 Jun 2008
As Professors Joseph Nye, G John Ikenberry, and Henry Kissinger have pointed out recently in various academic and media contributions, the implications of the current struggle against terrorism are – in Kissinger’s words – ‘dwarfed’ by the coming challenges and opportunities surrounding China’s rise. Indeed, in Kissinger’s opinion the ramifications of China’s search for its place in the international order are more significant than either the French Revolution or Bismarck’s unification of Germany. There is a post-Iraq, there is a post-War on Terror. But there is no post-China, and the West ignores this fact at its own peril.
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