The Rise of China

Will the United States and China go to war?

Takeaway Points

1. The democratic peace would suggest that this is possible.
2. Economic interdependence indicates that this is almost impossible—the United States and China have such an interdependent economic relationship that war between them would be too disastrous to bother with.
3. Hype of a war looming between the United States and China seems to be just that—hype.