GROUP OF TWO THE WRONG NUMBER
Henry C K Liu
Asia Times, June 19, 2009
As former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Group of Two" (or G-2) concept of a US-China convergence in geopolitical interests is not yet official US policy, China is likely to merely keep monitoring signs of its evolution in US policymaking without direct formal official response, while exploiting the concept's diplomatic possibilities for improving bilateral relations.
Asia Times, June 19, 2009
As former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Group of Two" (or G-2) concept of a US-China convergence in geopolitical interests is not yet official US policy, China is likely to merely keep monitoring signs of its evolution in US policymaking without direct formal official response, while exploiting the concept's diplomatic possibilities for improving bilateral relations.
Although China desires well-deserved recognition of it as a world power by the sole remaining superpower, albeit one that is fading, a G-2 in the context of hawkish realpolitik generally associated with Brzezinski's world view would go against China's long-standing preference for multilateralism that would allow it to form bilateral partnerships and special relations around the globe and to participate as an independent power in regional organizations.
China rejects G-2 concept
On May 20, at the end of the 11th China-EU summit held in Prague, attended by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Czech President Vaclav Klaus, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao took the opportunity to assuage European concerns by dismissing as "groundless" the view that China and the United States - through the framework of a G-2 - will monopolize world affairs in the future.
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