Excellent piece by my friend @WonkVJ explaining why Biden is going to invariably disappoint us on China policy, bringing the US back to an era of “balancing cooperation with competition.”
Take that tack, and the US will end up without cooperation, even less competitive.
Take that tack, and the US will end up without cooperation, even less competitive.
The elusive search for liberal reformers to empower through engagement with their illiberal leaders.
Whithering criticism from 🇦🇺:
Beijing offers a grand historical bargain on climate change. This is the equivalent of selling the Brooklyn Bridge, but a Democratic president finds it irresistible. The grand bargain never requires Beijing to do anything.
theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2020-…
Beijing offers a grand historical bargain on climate change. This is the equivalent of selling the Brooklyn Bridge, but a Democratic president finds it irresistible. The grand bargain never requires Beijing to do anything.
theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2020-…
Obama went soft on China’s territorial aggression in the South China Sea in exchange for completely worthless media moments and declaratory agreements on climate change that required Beijing to do nothing it wasn’t going to do anyway.
theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2020-…
theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2020-…
Beijing demonstrates what it really thinks of the climate change religion- the biggest producer and user of coal in the world, the biggest builder of coal-fired power stations at home, and the biggest financier of coal-fired power stations internationally. theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2020-…
My recent pieces in the SCMP also explore these challenges facing a Biden Administration should it win.
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