The United States and communist China are caught in a dynamic of increasing military escalation that could result in overt conflict, according to security experts.
Despite the United States’ overarching goal of deterring military conflict, Chinese communist authorities’ dedication to reaching military parity with the United States and their belief that the United States is in terminal decline could pressure both sides into a standoff, according to Sean Monaghan, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
