The Escalating Competition Between the US and China

Malcolm Zuckerman: The American political establishment doesn't really know what to do in terms of this situation has no real response to it and is essentially just kind of throwing out its hands and giving up. One interpretation one would be that this is just another symptom of the state essentially resigning itself to a lack of control over its own territory and borders, which we see in various other realms. He says there's some evidence that many in the ruling class see having 1 billion Americans as sort of centerpiece of a future oriented policy vision where essentially we remain the dominant power by continuing to be a growing nation.