ASML warned that it was just a question of time for the Chinese to get their own tech industry up and running. The Americans were in denial. Ultimately someone

ASML warned that it was just a question of time for the Chinese to get their own tech industry up and running. The Americans were in denial. Ultimately someone in America will get desperate enough and start a war when they still have a chance to win. See the Earth-Mars conflict in the Expanse.