My Take | US is dreaming if it thinks its allies in Asia crave another cold war
- American commentators may be hoping to bring down Beijing, but the whole region and Global South do not want animosity, let alone conflict
During the last cold war, historians and political scientists argued over which side started it. But with the new one against China, there won’t be much of a debate.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy are two of America’s premier journals on the subject. They are fast becoming a crime scene as an increasing number of influential contributors to the journals are openly declaring an intention to bring down the Chinese government, in a neo-imperial agenda to prop up America’s declining hegemony.
Those in East Asia who have enjoyed half a century of prosperity and peace can only shudder. Consider this in the latest Foreign Policy by Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea, of the Atlantic Council, an influential think tank, titled “Against China, the United States Must Play to Win”.
They wrote: “Regime change can help the United States not because it would necessarily bring democracy and human rights to the Chinese people … but because … it would undermine Beijing’s capacity and intent to threaten the United States. The collapse of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] would likely lead to a period of domestic instability and a decreased will to systematically challenge the US-led order. A new Chinese government would be weakened and inward-looking as it sought to consolidate power.”
They certainly don’t mince words.
“[T]he defeat of China [might] harm the well-being of the Chinese people, and of China’s partners around the world, especially in the Global South,” they predicted.
“On the contrary, these populations would be among the biggest beneficiaries of a new China that is less repressive at home and more cooperative abroad.”
