The United States and China Are Leaving a Dangerous Vacuum in Global Leadership
The reluctance of the world’s two foremost powers to uphold the international order risks a repetition of past traumas.

Jessica Chen Weiss is the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and the inaugural faculty director of its Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs. Her forthcoming book is What China Wants: And What It Means for the World (Oxford University Press, 2027).