In this quote, Shambaugh suggests that China and United States will have to work together to maintain mutual benefits, although a major power rivalry among the two Nations will continue to exist. While there is a great deal of mistrust and concerns that China intends to push the US out of the Asia Pacific, Shambaugh argues that this is unlikely to occur due to the fact that Asian states depends heavily on both the US and China, and they would resist to choose sides if a major conflict was to occur. The conflicts between the two countries will unlikely escalate because both countries benefit tremendously from each other and want to grow that relationship even more. Additionally, Shambaugh describes the current U.S.-China relationship as “coopetition,”
