About the P5 process, RevCon 2022, AUKUS and US-China Competition From The Chinese Side

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About the P5 process, RevCon 2022, AUKUS and US-China Competition From The Chinese Side

There are certainly other issues among other P5 countries, but the U.S.-China competition is so by far the most consequential great power rivalry in the international system, and it has very far-reaching geopolitical implications at and beyond the Pacific region.

By Tong Zhao

Published on Dec 18, 2021

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Tong Zhao

Senior Fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China

Tong Zhao is a senior fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China. Formerly based in Beijing, he now conducts research in Washington on strategic security issues.

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