Clash of Rivals

The China Dream: Their Goals and Ours

Though the personalities of individual leaders have certainly intensified Sino-American competition, the expectation that China would become a “responsible stakeholder” in a U.S.-led global order was never realistic.

Gary J. Schmitt is a resident scholar in strategic studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) where he studies national security and longer-term strategic issues affecting America’s security at home and its ability to lead abroad.