Assess this statement: ‘If you think like a realist…. you’ll understand why China’s rise is a critical event and likely to be a source of conflict with the United States (and others).’ (Walt, Stephen,

Realism: US and ChinaThe extent to which China presents a threat to the US and whether or not China can ‘rise peacefully’ is a topic of debate within realism and security studies. John Mearsheimer, for example, has argued forcefully that if China continues on its current trajectory, then conflict with the US is inevitable.If you have chosen realism for your summative assessment, you should write a 2,500-word essay (which utilises the formative assessment undertaken during Unit 3) on either of the following questions.Assess this statement: ‘If you think like a realist…. you’ll understand why China’s rise is a critical event and likely to be a source of conflict with the United States (and others).’ (Walt, Stephen, “The World Wants you to Think Like a Realist,” Foreign Policy, May 30, 2018).Please incorporate the following sourcesCarlson, Benjamin, “Why China Loves Trump ,” The Atlantic, March 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/trump-china/550886/Etzioni, Amitai, “Mearsheimer’s War With China,” The Diplomat, March 2015. https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/mearsheimers-war-with-china/Friedberg, Aaron, “Globalisation and Chinese Grand Strategy ,” Survival 60, no. 1 (2018): 7–40.de Graaff, Nana and Van Apeldoorn, Bastiaan, “US-China Relations and the Liberal World Order: Contending Elites, Colliding Visions?, ” International Affairs 94, no. 1 (2018): 113–131.Ikenberry, John and Lim, Darren, “China’s Emerging Institutional Statecraft: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Prospects for Counter-Hegemony,” Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings, April 2017.https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chinas-emerging-institutional-statecraft.pdfIkenberry, John, “The Rise of China and the Future of Liberal World Order,” Transcript of speech to Chatham House, 7 May 2014, https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/field/field_document/20140507RiseofChina.pdfIkenberry, John, “The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System Survive? ,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008.Layne, Christopher, “The US-Chinese Power Shift and the End of the Pax Americana ,” International Affairs 94, no. 1 (2018): 89–111.Mearsheimer, John. “Can China Rise Peacefully?.” In The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (updated edition), John Mearsheimer, 360–411. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 20014.Shambaugh, David, “U.S.-China Rivalry in Southeast Asia: Power Shift or Competitive Coexistence ,” International Security 42, no. 4 (2018): 85–127.Videos and podcastsBill Callahan, ‘Mearsheimer Vs Nye on the Rise of China’, July 2015, https://vimeo.com/143344083Interview with Aaron Friedberg, ‘The Emerging U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry ’, Council on Foreign Relations, June, 2018, https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/emerging-us-china-strategic-rivalry-aaron-friedbergInterview with John Mearsheimer, March 2016, http://bit.ly/2vZ129f