TOKYO -- Asia-Pacific countries hoping the U.S.-China rivalry will die down and no longer dominate the region's geopolitics are likely to be disappointed, experts suggested Friday in a panel discussion during Nikkei's Future of Asia conference.
"No country in the world really is going to be immune from the direct or the indirect effects of the U.S.-China tension moving forward," Evan Medeiros, former senior director for Asia on the U.S. National Security Council, saying the tension between the two countries is likely to intensify. "We're in a new normal. The new normal presents a different geopolitical reality than the past, and it's going to create risks and costs for others."
