Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

The China-US Economic Security Dilemma

It’s a nuclear war waiting to happen if rationality does not prevail

Un-Diplomatic
Oct 11, 2025
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The US stock market lost $1.65 trillion in value today on Trump’s coercive economic measures against China’s new export controls. It will rebound, but that won’t matter if we end up with a Great Depression or a shooting war between great powers.


What’s Inside:

  • Economic attrition strategies are for losers

  • The economic balance favors China

  • The makings of an economic security dilemma


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