As the US dismantles its global hegemony, will China step up? (opens in new tab)

As the US voluntarily dismantles its global hegemony, China has neither the will nor the capacity to fill the role, a prominent Chinese foreign policy expert has argued. Beijing was forging an alternative path rooted in sovereign equality and multilateralism, rather than a quest for global dominance, said Da Wei, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy. “I believe America’s global institutional hegemony is coming to an end,” Da told a public seminar at...