Re: China the Hegemon?

Dear Dr. Stremlin,

Thank you very much for your comments.  My apologies if any implications
were made in my two e mails that WS campers are anything but strong
advocates of peace because that is never intended.  Nor is it intended to
make any suggestions that for the purpose of understanding conflict,
alternatives to a holistic interdisciplinary framework should or should not
be sought.  Concerns over the banner waving Blue Team prompted the first
inquiry.  My inadequate understanding of the WS dynamics prompted the
second.  Prof. Wallerstien's  Comment No.35 is  motivating and comforting.

Thank you again for your time and observations.

K.S.Tso

Boris Stremlin ¼g¤J¡G

> To the best of my knowledge, no one in the world-systems camp is
> advocating the stepping up of tensions between the US and China.  The
> disagreement is over the LIKELIHOOD of such conflict in the medium-run
> future.  It bears adding that in assessing this likelihood, it is
> important not to overemphasize single factors, such as any imputed
> "peaceful intentions" on the part of either country, nor the role of
> joint economic interests.  It is quite evident that there are parties on
> both sides of the Pacific which are interested in aggravating the
> conflict, that one cannot draw a clear distinction in all cases between
> "bargaining" and war-mongering, and that historical precedents do not
> determine the ultimate success of the bargainers' policies.
>
> --
> Boris Stremlin
> bc70219@binghamton.edu