By Robert Daly, Robert Litwak | Jun 26, 2024
In this early phase of the China-US rivalry, neither President Biden nor General Secretary Xi shows any sign of reconsidering his nation’s goals, strategies, assessments of the other, or desire to shape global norms. Both powers want to avoid war, but not at the cost of questioning their interests or values. The only strategy open to them, therefore, is to build a framework, through patient diplomacy, for peaceful rivalry.