ABSTRACT
The world’s attention is currently focused on the Covid pandemic crisis. But on the horizon it is still China that looms as potentially the most important, as well as perhaps the most dangerous, rising power during the upcoming “Pacific Century.” Some commentators have argued that war between the United States and China might be inevitable. A hundred years ago Imperial Japan was in much the same position and the world’s failure to introduce Japan peacefully into the international political order cost it dearly. Building a constructive and lasting political relationship with a fast-rising China is one of the most important security challenges facing the United States.
