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101 Foreign Aff. 108 (2022)
The Rewards of Rivalry: U.S.-Chinese Competition Can Spur Climate Progress

handle is hein.journals/fora101 and id is 1248 raw text is: 'The Rewards of Rivalry U.S.-Chinese Competition Can Spur Climate Progress JEFF D. COLGAN AND NICHOLAS L. MILLER In many ways, competition between the United States and China is just that-a rivalry between two powerful countries. But it is also much more than that. Ihis is a contest not only between two rival states but also between two rival hierarchies. As the United States and China square off against each other, they are also vying for the allegiance of countries across the globe. The broad arena of competition does increase the number of potential points of friction and raise the odds that countries wishing to remain outside the contest will be dragged into it. But the main effect is to force the United States and China to outdo each other, to the benefit of the states they are trying to woo. Just as competi- tion between the United States and the Soviet Union contributed to remarkable accomplishments-such as sending humans to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS JEFF D. COLGAN is Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. NICHOLAS L. MILLER is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. 108