There is a potentially effective international response to the rise of China as a superpower, but it will require a twenty-first century Winston Churchill with vision. In the next decade, China is likely to challenge the United States in many ways. Winston Churchill understood the crucial value of cooperation against a common foe. A twenty-first century Winston Churchill, with a keen eye on the global chess board, might see the proposed “Global Government Initiative” as an opportunity to create a new political alliance.