Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, August 22, 2014

What does China want? As our six-page essay explains, it craves the respect it enjoyed in centuries past, but it does not know how to achieve or deserve it. Our cover leader asks how the United States should respond to a rising power which is unhappy with Pax Americana in its own region. Even in security, we argue, America needs to make more room for China. John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief

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