How to Avoid a Zero-Sum U.S.-China Relationship

The increasingly competitive U.S.-China relationship is subject to various perverse incentives and negative feedback loops. Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, discusses China’s rise and how to avoid a zero-sum and conflict-prone great power relationship.

Show Notes:

Jessica Chen Weiss bio • Jessica Chen Weiss, “ The China Trap: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Perilous Logic of Zero-Sum Competition • ,” Foreign Affairs • 101, no. 5 (September/October 2022). • Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss, “ The Clash of Systems? Washington Should Avoid Ideological Competition with Beijing • ,” Foreign Affairs • , June 11, 2021. • Alistair Iain Johnston, “ China in a World of Orders: Rethinking Compliance and Challenge in Beijing's International Relations • ,” International Security • 44, no. 2 (Fall 2019): pp. 9-60.

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