Several top military officials and many pundit “experts” are predicting that mutual U.S. and China provocations by warships and fighter planes on and over the South China Sea will devolve into full scale war within the next two years. And U.S./China conflicts are not just military; China is also challenging U.S. domination of international economic structures. But the U.S. insists that world peace and prosperity requires a strong but just leader, that is, this country of course. Bill Resnick’s guest this week is Jake Werner of the Quincy Institute on statecraft; his responsibility is to avoid a hot war between the two. On June 19 Bill and Jake examined the emergence of their great power conflict and the possible war between them. This week Jake Werner talks about policies to rebuild constructive economic and military relations.
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