Dead Draw or Winning Position? Reassessing U.S. China Strategy on the Chessboard

This week, Mike is joined by Ashley Tellis, Tata Chair for
Strategic Affairs and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, to re-evaluate U.S. China strategy and
determine what makes a successful theory of victory. The two start
by going back in time to when Ashley was working on the rise of
China in the 90s, when he argued that China’s rise was not a fluke
and would impact Asia dramatically in the future. Given that
competition is inevitable, the United States must maintain
multipolarity in Asia, create constraints on Chinese action in the
region, and work with likeminded allies and partners like Japan and
India. How can the United States integrate India and the QUAD into
its strategy? What does success look like in five years, ten years,
and beyond?