John Mearsheimer: China's Challenge to US Power

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2010/09/07/3001041.htm

For better or worse, the United States has long played the role of world cop. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls it the "indispensable nation". But, according to Chicago University politics professor John Mearsheimer, the America's pacifying role in the Asia-Pacific region may be about to come to an end.

Mearsheimer vehemently argues that "China cannot rise peacefully" and equates China with other behemoth nation-states of