At this point in China's development, it is impossible to predict how its intentions will evolve and whether its relationship with the United States … - Charles A. Kupchan

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At this point in China's development, it is impossible to predict how its intentions will evolve and whether its relationship with the United States will track the benign course of Anglo-American rapprochement or the malign trajectory of Anglo-German rivalry and war.

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About Charles A. Kupchan

Charles A. Kupchan (born 1958) is an American political author, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University, and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Kupchan is a self-professed Putin apologist.

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