2024-10-18
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Editor's Note: The coronavirus pandemic has continued to rock the world and seen heated rivalry between China and the US on all fronts. In a recent article, renowned American political scientist Joseph Nye (Nye) stressed the importance of cooperation between the US and China. How can the two countries come together to cooperate on the common enemy of humanity? What impact will the pandemic have on world order? Global Times (GT) correspondent Lu Keli discussed these issues with Nye. GT: You have witnessed and experienced various global crises. What do you think of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis? What lessons do you think we should learn from this public health crisis? Nye: It is important to remain calm and analytical and to respect science. The 9/11 crisis led to great fear and the overreaction led to the mistaken invasion of Iraq. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said in the economic crisis of 1933, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. GT: In your article, you stressed the importance of cooperation between the US and China. Do you have any specific suggestions for China-US cooperation? Nye: As I argue in my new book Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump, there is no way either of our countries can deal with transnational challenges like pandemics or climate change acting alone. We need to learn more about power with others, not just power over others. The US and China developed good cooperation after the SARS epidemic, and we should restore and enhance that with cooperative scientific-medical projects. GT: Some people are worried that this epidemic will be an inflection point of globalization, and the world moves toward grid. Do you agree? |
