Dangers of Overreaction

A summary of Wikistrat’s sim on China in Latin America (which I contributed to) is up at HuffPo.

As alarming as this sounds, it shouldn’t spur an over-reaction from the U.S. Wikistrat’s analysis determined that China could have no more than a marginal regional impact, even under the best case assumptions. Washington has no need to respond aggressively to growing Chinese influence, even if Beijing makes a conscious decision to target the region.