America Is Blundering Toward War With China
Sept. 21, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/america-china-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C1E.hrcW.wvTXKdTcSI1l&smid=url-share By Robert D. Kaplan Mr. Kaplan is a writer and an analyst of U.S. military and foreign affairs. Before Iran, before Iraq, before Afghanistan there is no country that America has gotten as wrong as China. If this is mystifying, it is only because historical memories are short. …