Video: Very good substantive discussion by Jeffrey Sachs against US exceptionalism and the Case for Cooperation with China – Well worth the time.

Video: Very good substantive discussion by Jeffrey Sachs against US exceptionalism and the Case for Cooperation with China – Well worth the time.

Jeffrey Sachs on the US’s zero sum view of the world and why cooperation is necessary:
Whether China & US should compete or cooperate
Prisoner’s dilemma & need for communication;
Global economic and technological trends
Multipolarity necessary; US attachment to unipolarity:
Is it possible to cooperate with China? Is it possible for China to cooperate with the US?
US examples of non-cooperation:
legislative obstruction of international treaties (17 unsigned; 38:00)
US invasions and attacks vs. China’s peaceful rise: 39:00
US military presence around the world (41:20)
US sanctions (42:00)
The global scene:
Hegemonic transition theory (Kindleberger);
Balance of Power (Kissinger);
Conflict theory (Allison);
Global Cooperation theory (Sachs)
Need for cooperation: risk of thermonuclear war; accidents, thucydides trap, environment;
Doctrine of subsidiarity (solve problems at the lowest level possible; solve global issues at global level).
Global development: poverty, environmental, inequality, demographic change, peace; SDG’s
Q &A: Why US attempts to divide China are dangerous
Q & A: How to stop demonization of China? The situation is dangerous, and self-fulfilling.
This creates lose-lose policy (media; china is an enemy; diplomacy: china is revisionst)
Frame China as an opportunity; academia & people-to-people connection creates “sinews of cooperation”,
raise voices, be critical, not complacent, understand China’s historic perspective