Ryan Hass
2023
Jan
10
Past Event
The future of the US-China competition for human capital
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Washington, DC
2022
Dec
14
Past Event
Democracy in Asia: Addressing challenges to democratic governance
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Washington, DC
China has a strategic dilemma. They’re frustrated by the status quo, and they’re probing for ways to change it. But taking big, bold actions would come at an extraordinary cost to them. You can’t eliminate the possibility that they would be willing to pay that cost, and so we have to be prepared for it. But if you accept the proposition that war is inevitable, and we must do everything we possibly can to prepare for it now, then you risk precipitating the very outcome that your strategy is designed to prevent.