Kishore Mahbubani and Tony Chan for PS On Point: The US-China Tech War Will Have No Winners

And in a new Big Question, Anders Åslund, Pascal Boniface, Anastasia Edel, and Charles Tannock consider what the endgame in Ukraine might be. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( MAY 20, 2022 The increasingly bitter rivalry between the United States and China ultimately will leave both countries – and the world – worse off. While competition is unavoidable and even beneficial in some areas, comprehensive efforts to derail each other's progress stand little chance of success and will likely backfire, write Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, and Tony Chan, President of King Abdullah Univeristy of Science and Technology. [Read more](. On Point [The Lose-Lose Tech War]( [The Lose-Lose Tech War]( By Kishore Mahbubani and Tony Chan Because the advancement of human knowledge should not be politicized, science and technology offer the best prospects for renewed cooperation between China and the United States. But both sides first need to lower the temperature. [Read more]( [Read More: A free newsletter featuring PS contributor book recommendations and more]( The Big Question [What’s the Endgame in Ukraine?]( [What’s the Endgame in Ukraine?]( with Anders Åslund, Pascal Boniface, Anastasia Edel, and Charles Tannock Nearly three months after Russia launched its invasion, Western countries appear more committed than ever to Ukraine’s defense, and, in some quarters, to Russia’s defeat. We asked PS commentators what outcome the West, Russia, and Ukrainians themselves can realistically expect. [Read more]( Previously in On Point [How to Do More for Ukraine]( [How to Do More for Ukraine]( Oleg Ustenko interviewed by Michael R. Strain Russian President Vladimir Putin's failure to achieve a rapid victory in Ukraine has left Ukrainians with an unwavering confidence in their own ability to win the war – eventually. But much will depend on Western governments' willingness to use all of the economic-policy tools at their disposal. [Read more]( [Heroes of the Apocalypse]( [Heroes of the Apocalypse]( By Slavoj Žižek By continuing to pay billions of dollars every month for Russian gas, Europe is playing right into the Kremlin's hands, demonstrating that it is captured by complacency. Sooner or later, it must realize that its response to the Ukraine crisis is a proxy for its ability to address even larger ones on the horizon. [Read more]( [Subscribe to PS today for the latest on politics and more.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.