Every country pursues its national interests first, but some countries historically define those interests in an 'enlightened way' where they see value in providing global public goods and are willing to make sacrifices or compromises; thus far, China has been able to avoid providing such global public goods and defines its interests narrowly.

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Mike Froman

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every country pursues their national interests first. But some countries have historically defined those national interests in an enlightened way where we think there is value to global public goods that we all benefit from and are willing to make certain sacrifices or certain compromises to help provide those global public goods. Thus far, China has been able to avoid doing that.

Source

The Challenge of ChinaThe Aspen Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:35:07 AM

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