Daniel Russel is the Asia Society Policy Institute's vice president for international security and diplomacy and was previously U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs.
Beijing will be torn between impulses to reach out and to lash out


Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Nov. 14: There is no reason to think that the U.S. will dial back its competitive approach. © AP
Daniel Russel is the Asia Society Policy Institute's vice president for international security and diplomacy and was previously U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs.