Foreign policy expert Graham Allison compares the growth of China's economy relative to the United States economy since 2000.
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Graham Allison: No evidence Iran was about to attack U.S. or acquire nuclear weapon
“The arguments that were made that that Trump has actually repeated that Iran was about to attack us, I see no evidence for that. That Iran was about to get a nuclear weapon, I see no evidence for that. That Iran was building an ICBM that was going to attack th…”
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Allison: Modi is undermining India's democracy by oppressing minorities
“Modi is basically undermining the multi-ethnic democracy that Nehru had built by Getting support from the majority by oppressing the minority.”
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Allison: US would lose a direct contest against China without allies
“If the U.S. Had to play this game only U.S. Versus China, I think we lose.”
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Allison: Avoiding US-China war requires accommodation of China's influence
“Will there come to be some degree of difference and accommodation, if a war is to be avoided? And the answer is yes.”
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Graham Allison: The U.S. military conflict with Iran is Netanyahu's war
“This is Bibi's war. If your reader or your listeners don't remember Moby Dick, they should go look at it again. Ahab had this fixation, obsession, with the white whale, and tried to find a way to kill the white whale whenever he could. For the last two decades…”
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Graham Allison: Israeli political involvement could trigger long-term U.S. backlash
“Interfering in American politics invites pushback. So I think this could have a big long-term negative effect, both in the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, especially younger, under younger people.”