Are the United States and China engaged in a new Cold War? How is this one different from the last one that the US fought with the Soviet Union? How does economic policy influence geopolitical concerns? These are just some of the questions that have arisen in the last few decades.
Your assignment to answer the following questions after reading the Hung Tran article “Is the US-China strategic competition a cold war?”
1. How is the current strategic competition between the United States and China like the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union? How is it different?
2. The Belt and Road Initiative is a Chinese policy to unite economies across the world and extend Chinas influence. How does the United States intend to counter that influence?
3. Write an essay of no more than 200 words about the strategic competition between the United States and China. Include your own knowledge and what you have gathered from outside reading. No citation format is required. How do you think this Cold War, or strategic competition between the US and China will turn out in 50 years?
