An emerging American-Chinese duopoly …must inherently generate eventual hostility…and hence conflict between America and China is “inevitable”.

Wars for global domination are not a serious threat in a post hegemonic age. Nuclear weapons make hegemonic wars too destructive.

Amicable relationships between America and China have been put to the test by the mass media…..the speculation of America’s decline and China’s rise as an economic and military power has created a great dilemma for the U.S.A.