Commentary: Real potential for US, China to ‘sleepwalk’ into great power conflict


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This counterproposal harkens back to President Xi’s calls for a “new type of major power relations”, which was first proposed to the Obama administration in 2013 and urged the two sides commit to “no conflict and no confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation”. STILL NO MODUS OPERANDI FOR US-CHINA RELATIONS At the time, the Obama administration resisted this framework for several reasons, including concerns that Beijing would interpret US endorsement of the concept as blanket acceptance of China’s core interests. Today, there is zero chance that such a proposition would be accepted in Washington given heightened threat perceptions of China...