Two big powers cannot live with each other - that is the Thucydides trap. In the present era, these powers are the United States and China.
China-US relations are currently the most important issue, as global order can only be established through an orderly and productive relationship between China and the US. Neither country will be able to realise its true full potential if opposition by the other impedes progress.
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