Dialogue with Joseph Nye

• Source: Global Times
• [15:58 November 12 2009]
• Comments

Global Times: There has been a lot talk about G2 (the US and China co-rule the world) recently. What do you think of this? Can it be realized?

Nye: I think the idea of G2 is mistaken. After all, the US and China are the No.1 and No. 3 economies. But we still need the cooperation of Europe and Japan if we are going to stabilize the international economic system and also to deal with difficult issues, like climate change. When we talk about G2, it implies to the European Union and to the Japanese that they don't matter, but their views do matter. I think while I'm always in favor of a very close cooperation between the US and China, we should not talk about G2 ruling the world because in fact the world is much more diverse than that implies.