Ending the China Paradox

JD Vance is right about American economic dependence. My debut essay in The American Conservative.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, America has been the undisputed global hegemon. But that era is over. A new great-power rivalry has emerged between the United States and China—one unlike any before.

The rivalry between America and China significantly differs from the geopolitical contest between the U.S. and the USSR; the Sino–American relati…