The Rise of an Insecure Giant Shlomo Ben Ami

The author, for those who don't know him, is the former ambassador to Spain, minister of internal security, and minister of foreign affairs of Israel.

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The Rise of an Insecure Giant

Shlomo Ben Ami

December 3, 2013

 

SEOUL – By the time China overtakes the United States as the world’s largest economy sometime in the next few years, it will have cemented its status as a major military power – one whose drive to assert itself strategically already is inspiring serious anxiety among its neighbors. But the truth is that China is a solitary, vulnerable rising power – one that faces potentially crippling domestic challenges.