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Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan: ‘Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive’

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Robert Kaplan argues that the world’s three great powers are all in “decline” Kaplan criticizes what he sees as a shift in governance style between President Xi Jinping and his predecessors.

The writer also criticizes the Trump administration's plans to whittle down the size of the U.S. government.

Kaplan says a truly systems-level conflict would have a “devastating effect on financial markets and supply chains” Business leaders routinely express concern about an open conflict between the U.S. and China .

Taiwan is home to the world’s leading producers of semiconductors, a key strategic commodity.

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