It requires a framework for navigating competition that is sharp enough to be effective and disciplined enough to avoid escalation into confrontation that would damage the global economy, destabilize American alliances, and produce outcomes far worse than the status quo of managed rivalry.

It requires a framework for navigating competition that is sharp enough to be effective and disciplined enough to avoid escalation into confrontation that would damage the global economy, destabilize American alliances, and produce outcomes far worse than the status quo of managed rivalry.