It is possible for the United States and China to achieve a new type of great power relationship.
China’s misreading of the likelihood of U.S. intervention in Syria cost Beijing an opportunity to position itself as a global power.
Ideally, the parties will be able to return to the Six-Party Talks framework one day with all countries genuinely working toward the central goal of North Korea’s denuclearization. But the prospect of that happening anytime soon looks increasingly remote.
China has begun to play a more active, innovative role in international affairs and has adopted a new global perspective.