Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Restore strategic stability in East Asia before it is too late

Xi Jinping presents a People's Liberation Army flag to the political commissar of the Hainan in Sanya on Apr. 24: China is mostly to blame for the demolition of the foundations of strategic stability. © Xinhua/AP
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.