Yes.
Interdependence which never worked to maintain peace anywhere else before between Great Powers.
The proper concern Hawkins identifies that needs to be hammered home is that the ideological inflexibility of the free traders preventing their proper, intelligent responding to changes of circumstances. Treasury and Commerce Depts in particular. And at the Fed Alan Greenspan was just plain wrong when he equated hamburger-making as equivalent to shipbuilding in economic clout. Somone should ask Bernanke if he agreed in principle with that notion.
The President needs to take a cool, calm, reasoned look at the overwhelming evidence of doctrinnaire self-delusion on our side, and then compare that with the massive evidence of Chinese enmity, and duplicity on their side...and come to a Reaganesque conclusion that they aren't mere 'competitors.'
They are true enemy adversaries, an unreformed Communist Menace that simply has a better scam than the Soviets old Peace Offensive. He needs to then properly change all the policies enabling their government, confront and denounce them, and recognize that:
"they reserve unto themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. . . "
A good place to start would be to recognize the Hit Squads they have roaming around within the United States looking for Falun Gong. THAT is what should give ole "Expatriate" something to really think about, notwithstanding his apparent unconcern as China, almost without effort, swallows up his old haunt of Panama whole...
Rules which inherently undermine our domestic economy and create "interdependence".General Chi Haotian, Former Defense Minister, Head of the PLA, put it rather plainly just last year how much they scorn this U.S. day dream:
"One time, some Americans came to visit and tried to convince us that the relationship between China and United States is one of interdependence. Comrade Xiaoping replied in a polite manner: “Go tell your government, China and the United States do not have such a relationship that is interdependent and mutually reliant.” Actually, Comrade Xiaoping was being too polite, he could have been more frank, “The relationship between China and United States is one of a life-and-death struggle.” Of course, right now it is not the time to openly break up with them yet. Our reform and opening to the outside world still rely on their capital and technology, we still need America. "