Commentary
Five problems—and solutions—to make it actually work as a tool of great power competition.
Afreen Akhter
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In The Media
U.S. Should Take a Tougher Stand Towards China
Is it time to think of China less as a trading partner and more as a threat?
Published on May 20, 2015
Source: NPR’s Morning Edition
Two former U.S. diplomats argue it's time to think of China less as a trading partner and more as a threat. Ashley J. Tellis and Robert Blackwill argue that over the long term, China wants the United States out of Asia, seeing it as an obstacle to Chinese regional hegemony. Washington, therefore, must start preparing now to resist Chinese pressure. Such preparation entails increasing U.S. military capabilities, strengthening U.S. economic and military relationships with allies in the region, and other measures to bolster the permanence of American presence in the Asia-Pacific.
This broadcast originally appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition.
About the Authors
Ashley J. Tellis
Former Senior Fellow
Ashley J. Tellis was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Robert D. Blackwill
Robert D. Blackwill is Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was U.S. Ambassador to India from 2001 to 2003 and Deputy National Security Adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush from 2003 to 2004.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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