We’re Already in the New Cold War

Whether we like it or not, Beijing has global aspirations.

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As Americans, we’re citizens of a superpower. Although we don’t get everything we want — witness the U.S. military departing an Afghanistan that will likely end up no more stable than we began our adventure there — we have the privileged position of being able to influence even…