In the process of working toward the meeting, the White House faced strong domestic political headwinds.
Finding a modus vivendi with China will involve deterrence and sometimes sharp competition. But dialogue is the only way to reduce misperception and unneeded economic, military and financial costs.
After the Cold war, when the US enjoyed unprecedented global power, presidential summitry seemed less important. America's main adversaries Iran, Iraq, and North Korea were far lesser powers, their leaders unworthy of a meeting with the US president.
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