Keep pulling the thread on Kishore Mahbubani.
There is a near-universal, bipartisan consensus in Washington D.C. that it is in the interest of the United States to stop the rise of China.
U.S. policy and actions against China have remained consistent under both President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty.
Kishore Mahbubani argues that U.S. military engagements in the Middle East are strategically beneficial to China as they divert American attention and resources.
Kishore Mahbubani asserts that U.S. leaders lack a comprehensive, long-term strategy for managing China's re-emergence as a great power.
Kishore Mahbubani believes that to effectively compete with China long-term, the United States should prioritize improving the livelihood of the bottom 50% of its population over increasing military spending.
The current geopolitical confrontation between the United States and China is unprecedented in human history in terms of the scale and reach of the two powers involved.
When President Donald Trump initiated global tariff wars, China was the only country to stand up to the United States.
Kishore Mahbubani believes that the U.S. policy of trying to stop China's rise is unwise because China's growth can no longer be stopped.
During the 1993 APEC summit, despite campaign rhetoric against "coddling the butchers of Beijing," U.S. President Bill Clinton was observed personally engaging warmly with Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
In a 1981 dispute at the International Conference on Cambodia, the United States sided with China against ASEAN countries regarding the return of the Pol Pot government, citing the need for China's support against the Soviet Union.
The standard of living for the bottom 50% of the American population has not improved for several decades.