
#82 Navigating Global Challenges: Bob Carr's perspectives on war and diplomacy
Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
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America's Paranoia About the Status Quo
America should take the approach that we're likely to have a status quo in terms of our relationship with China. The balance of power between us and China over the next few decades will get stronger, but it'll be more vulnerable to demographic decline. America is prone again to use the word to paranoia. It's got 800 bases around the world. Its armed forces are bigger than the next largest half dozen combined. And manage it, manage the constant shift, constant shifting in relative power, manage it to maintain peace.
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