Defining the Great Global Decoupling 

On Nov. 4, 2019, in the Eighth Robert F. Ellsworth Memorial Lecture, former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd explains the arguments by American and Chinese hawks in this current dynamic and where they may take U.S.-China relations. Trade tensions and the deeper conflicts on technology, economy and geopolitics can lead to the possibility of China and America decoupling - creating two distinct, rival economic, technological and political systems with their own spheres of influences.