The US possesses unique structural advantages that China lacks: a global system of alliances, deep financial markets, the dollar as reserve currency, the English language as a global lingua franca, and command of the commons.
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“the US also has the global system of alliances the Deep financial markets the dollar Reserve currency the English language right the Chinese don't have any of this”
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Historian Stephen Kotkin: On USA vs China power competition, American advantages, and more (1/3)— Asia Observer + InsightsCreated: 8/10/2026, 1:21:27 PM
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