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AI's Impact on Geopolitics
"Live Players" with Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg
Navigating US-China Economic Competition
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A strategic approach towards US-China economic competition emphasizes the importance of embracing the economic rivalry over focusing on geopolitical tensions. The perspective that economics drives geopolitical ambitions is crucial, considering that China views economic hegemony as a pathway to dominance. China's orthodox Marxist roots shape its long-term strategy of owning production means while leveraging free-market principles to foster global influence. Historically, China's model of consolidation and influence diverges from traditional imperial methods, focusing on unification rather than territorial conquest. Understanding this can reshape how the US formulates its policies, acknowledging that military posturing may provoke unnecessary escalation. Instead, the US should prioritize enhancing trade policies and long-term economic strategies, recognizing that overcoming China's economic emergence will likely require a concerted effort over the next fifty years, which includes reestablishing high-technology manufacturing domestically.
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