{"id":11271,"date":"2025-09-15T03:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T02:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/?post_type=research-database&#038;p=11271"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:52:12","slug":"us-china-relations-policy-pathways-to-reduce-global-catastrophic-risk","status":"publish","type":"research-database","link":"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/research-database\/us-china-relations-policy-pathways-to-reduce-global-catastrophic-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"US-China relations: Policy pathways to reduce global catastrophic risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11271\" class=\"elementor elementor-11271\" data-elementor-post-type=\"research-database\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321f14f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"321f14f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fc27e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18fc27e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">US-China relations: Policy pathways to reduce global catastrophic risk<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c2bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69c2bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The trajectory of humanity in the 21st century is uncertain and precarious.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Two separate but interrelated factors will be heavily responsible.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The increasingly competitive dynamic between the United States and China will be critical to future global economic, security, technological, environmental, and political outcomes.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">At the same time, all countries face increasing global catastrophic risk \u2013 arising from a combination of nuclear and biological weapons, climate and environmental disruptions, dangerous engineered and naturally occurring pathogens, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, and food supply insecurity, among other potentially catastrophic threats.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">These two factors \u2013 US-China competition and global catastrophic risk \u2013 are complex and challenging in their own right. Taken together, a new problem emerges.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">US-China competition is increasing the risk of a global catastrophe. In turn, worsening global catastrophic risk feeds a more antagonistic dynamic between the two countries. Breaking this cycle and fostering strategic cooperation on shared interests will be among this century\u2019s greatest challenges.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The US and China need to lead the world on reducing global catastrophic risk. Indeed, this global challenge could be the rallying cry both countries need to bridge their differences and work together for a safer world.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Their common interest in reducing the risk of global catastrophe could then form the positive platform that is needed to improve all aspects of the US-China relationship.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-e27d196f-7fff-a487-8568-c2494fdb0b89\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">If addressed, it would help set the world on a more peaceful and prosperous path.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc6b4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6cc6b4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RESEARCH-REPORT_-US-China-relations_-Policy-pathways-to-reduce-global-catastrophic-risk-.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Full report<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd34f69 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd34f69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11271","research-database","type-research-database","status-publish","hentry","category-reports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US-China relations: Policy pathways to reduce global catastrophic risk - Global Shield<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/research-database\/us-china-relations-policy-pathways-to-reduce-global-catastrophic-risk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US-China relations: Policy pathways to reduce global catastrophic risk - Global Shield\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The trajectory of humanity in the 21st century is uncertain and precarious.&nbsp; Two separate but interrelated factors will be heavily responsible.&nbsp; The increasingly competitive dynamic between the United States and China will be critical to future global economic, security, technological, environmental, and political outcomes. 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