I agree - but whether China "should" be allowed to turn the narrative (it shouldn't!) is different from whether it *will* be able to do.
That should concern us.
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And they're making progress as we falter.
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That's not top-tier leader behavior. So China's leadership push is an act of chutzpah.
And yet, it could succeed.
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We're struggling on these, and the PRC sees that as an opportunity - it's racing to make progress on all three.
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In 1956, a botched intervention in the Suez laid bare the decay in British power and ended its time as a global power.
Today, if the US does not rise to meet the moment, the coronavirus pandemic could mark another “Suez moment.”
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The Great Depression, WWII, the Soviet Collapse, the Global Financial Crisis - could this plausibly be listed among them in its implications for international order?
If so, we need to meet the moment.
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