U.S. Needs A Grand Strategy not Grand Standing in its relationship with China. An op-ed I co-authored for the Australian with an old friend from Oxford, Brant Moscovitch.Romney’s longstanding efforts to paint himselfas someone willing to ‘‘stand up to China’’ exemplifies an alarming trend of China-bashing in US politics.It is understandable that US politicians of all stripes vie to be seen as the one most capable of clipping the wings of theircountry’s pre-eminent challenger. Yet such grandstanding must not be confused with long-term strategic thinking.Dean Acheson once famously quipped following World War II that Britain had ‘‘lost an empire, and has not yet found a role’’. In retrospect, the US has lacked a sense of its role in the world since 1991.
U.S. Needs A Grand Strategy in Its Relationship with China