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Will There Be a US-China War?

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Frank Kendall III"China is preparing for a war and specifically for a war with the United States."

Jacob Thornburg"I argue that war is unlikely to occur due to the deep economic ties underlying the great power politics between the two countries."

Scott Ritter"As things currently stand, the US is not prepared to fight and win a war with China over Taiwan."

Mike Minihan"My gut tells me we [the US] will fight [with China] in 2025."

Charles C. Krulak"A war between the US and China today is no more inevitable than was war between the rising US and the declining United Kingdom a century ago."

Qin GangIf the Taiwanese authorities "keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States [in a military conflict]."Jan 28, 2022

NPR Online News

Marco J. Lyons"[T]he risk that Beijing will precipitate conflict involving the United States appears to be growing in probability and consequence."

Finian Cunningham"What is inescapably shaping up is a war footing by the United States, Britain and Australia towards China."

Global TimesThe US is "creating tension and inciting the risk of war."

Joseph S. Nye"War is a risk, but it is not inevitable."

Thomas L. Friedman"The smallest misstep by either side [Taipei and Beijing] could ignite a U.S.-China war."

Mark Milley"War with either [Russia or China] is neither inevitable nor imminent."

Kevin Rudd"[T]he tension between the United States and China will grow, and competition will intensify; it is inevitable. War, however, is not."

Zhao Tong"The risk of a military conflict is very serious."

Michael C. Horowitz"The most proximate potential timeframe for war is in the next two years."

Lloyd Austin"War or a fight with China is neither imminent, in my view, [n]or unavoidable."Jun 01, 2024

Associated Press

Michael Brenner"Biden's team is bent on a confrontation with China that runs a heavy risk of war."Sep 24, 2021

Strategic Culture

Ray DalioThe US-China conflict [over Taiwan] "will have a much larger global impact than the Russia-Ukraine war."

Stanislaw Koziej"There is a serious risk that one of the parties will become overly ambitious and, either deliberately or because of a political or military miscalculation, turn the situation into a conventional war."