Nathan Schoonover

3 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Nathan Schoonover |Joshua Kurlantzick |Andrew F. Krepinevich |Mark Bell

In the 1990s, following the Soviet Union’s collapse, few in Washington were thinking about China as a potential future threat. During this “unipolar moment,” the conventional wisdom held that China would become a responsible stakeholder of the global community once it had become a fully integrated member. Inside the Pentagon, however, a group of analysts charged with assessing the strategic environment saw things differently.