It is good to listen to political scientists from the "realist school". I listened to an interview with John Mearsheimer from 2002 (then it wasn't clear how fast China would grow).
He said that US cannot be a "global hegemon", but it is a "regional hegemon" (in its hemisphere).
He said that US cannot be a "global hegemon", but it is a "regional hegemon" (in its hemisphere).
He said that America's grand strategy was to prevent the rise of "regional hegemons" anywhere in the world, especially Eurasia - and if China "became a bigger Hong Kong", US would have no option than to either slow its rise or contain it.
That is exactly what is happening today.
That is exactly what is happening today.
That is the point of Trump's tariffs, bans on Huawei/ZTE, "The Quad";
To either slow China's rise and/or contain it.
The US doesn't care if China's economy collapses & Africa is hit by a depression as a result. Africa's economic collapse will just be "collateral damage".
To either slow China's rise and/or contain it.
The US doesn't care if China's economy collapses & Africa is hit by a depression as a result. Africa's economic collapse will just be "collateral damage".
It is also interesting to know what "realists" have to say about Africa. Mearsheimer is very blunt; "Africa does not matter - and US should not get into great power competition in Africa, as it is a waste of time and resources (as it was during the last cold war)".
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