While China, Russia, India, and other rising powers flex their economic and energy muscle through the BRICS grouping of nations, America’s leaders seem distracted with lesser concerns, observes columnist Bill Moloney. He asks if the US is sleepwalking while other global actors are awake and prowling.

Columnist Bill Moloney observes that as Beijing goes from strength to strength, an ancient Chinese classic, The Art of War, may hold prescient warnings for policymakers in Washington.