- United States
- Miss.
- Letter
I'm asking you to pressure the administration to make cooperation, not competition, the foundation of the upcoming meetings in China. Nuclear proliferation and artificial intelligence are existential threats that no nation can solve alone. When we approach these challenges through domination and antagonism, we accelerate the very dangers we claim to be preventing.
The current trajectory is unsustainable. Every nation acting purely out of competitive self-interest on threats that affect all humanity only guarantees mutual destruction. The alternative is choosing collaboration over confrontation. These China meetings are an opportunity to build frameworks for working together on AI safety and nuclear de-escalation, but only if the administration enters them with that intent.
Use your influence within the party to shift this approach. The greatest strength isn't found in defeating adversaries but in recognizing when survival itself requires us to see others as partners rather than enemies. Push for peaceful resolution to be the explicit goal of these meetings. History won't remember who won the competition. It will remember whether we had the wisdom to choose cooperation when it mattered most.