Joshua Cooper Ramo on whether the US can handle the stress test of China’s rise
Joshua Cooper Ramo is chairman and CEO of Sornay, an investment and advisory firm. Previously he was CEO of Kissinger Associates. Ramo is the author of the new book Darwin’s Lock: America, China and the Shared Future of Nations. His 2004 analysis of “the Beijing consensus” contrasted the Western and Chinese economic development models. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books and…
Joshua Cooper Ramo, chairman and CEO of Sornay, has had a remarkable career trajectory. He began as a competitive aerobatic pilot and one of the youngest senior foreign editors at Time, but eventually moved to China in the early 2000s. His move was driven by a desire to be closer to the global changes unfolding and to satisfy his curiosity about history's major forces.
Ramo's experience in China, combined with his work at Kissinger Associates, has shaped his understanding of the US-China relationship. He now believes the most useful framework for understanding the future of US-China relations is not competition or decoupling, but rather "coevolution." In his new book, Darwin's Lock, Ramo elaborates on this idea, arguing that the choice between the two nations is not who wins or loses, but between coevolution and coextinction.
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