The New Rules: Obstacles to a U.S.-China Partnership Made in U.S.A.? By: Thomas P.M. Barnett | Column

The New Rules: Obstacles to a U.S.-China Partnership Made in U.S.A.?

By: Thomas P.M. Barnett | Column

In a column two weeks ago, I described the outlines of a proposed grand-strategic bargain between China and the United States. Since the column appeared, I and my co-authors spent two weeks in Beijing meeting with top government-sponsored think tanks and retired Chinese senior diplomats to discuss and revise the proposal. I thought it would be useful to report on this dialogue.