COMING back from a trip to Europe suggested to me that the United States-China rivalry was not headline news within Europe. Europe appeared more concerned with the urgent job of economic recovery amidst the Omicron threat that is leading to more lockdowns.... There are elements of chance and escalated bets that evolve around strategies of bluff as opponents assess the others’ cards in determining whether to stay in the game. All three games are games of strategy in which psychology plays as muc