2026-07-09
1 小时 1 分钟I'm Dan Kurtz-Phelan, and this is the Foreign Affairs Interview.
U.S.-China competition doesn't have to be a competition to the bottom.
There is a world in which we are competing to be the best partners to countries in the developing world,
to be the best supporters of development in the developing world,
to be the best in terms of environmental protection or green energy.
In terms of what we compete on, there is a world in which we are both better countries
because we have to compete with the other side.
Like the rest of us, China's leaders are confronting a world in turmoil.
They see uncertain American commitments to allies, even as many of those allies ramp up their own defense efforts.
They see changing relationships, whether deepening ties between Russia and North Korea or new connections among anxious middle powers.
They see American military action in the Middle East and Western Hemisphere
with effects on American power in China's own region.
And yet, as Oriana Skylar Mastro sees it, far from surprising Chinese leaders,
as great change unseen in a century.
Mastro has written a series of essays for Foreign Affairs on how Beijing aims to shape and exploit that change.
She joined me to discuss China's strategy for navigating this turmoil
and what the United States should and should not do in response.
Now to my conversation with Oriana Skylar Mastro.
Oriana, thank you so much for doing this.
Yeah, thank you for having me.