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CONTENTS
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6 1. Searching for a Post-Cold War Ballast The Rise of a Unifying Construct A Pyrrhic Victory? The Search for a New Anchor Aggression in Europe and Tension in Asia The Follies of Triumphalism The Need for an Affirmative Vision A Critique and an Alternative Notes
7 2. Drawing Historical Analogies 1930s Redux? A New Cold War? The Lessons and Limits of Analogies Notes
8 3. Probing Great-Power Competition The Competition Snowball The Elusiveness of Victory The Possibility of Boundless Competition A Superpower’s Anxiety Quiet Confidence Notes
9 4. Managing a Resurgent China An Unprecedented Psychological Test Growing US Unease Distrust in the Time of Pandemic A New US “Consensus” on China Policy? The Debate over China’s Intentions Internal Obstacles to “National Rejuvenation” China’s Self-Encircling Diplomacy China’s Sputnik Moment The Core of the World’s Central Competition China’s Narrative Momentum An Asymmetric Approach to a Limited Competitor Realistic Expectations of Allies and Partners The Need for Domestic Renewal The Inescapability of Cohabitation Notes
10 5. Assessing Russia’s Conduct and the Sino-Russian Entente The Debate over Russia’s Greatness Strategic Opportunism An Incremental Escape from the Security Dilemma Russia as “Hurricane” and China as “Climate Change” The Improbability of Wedges A Limited Entente A Chronic Condition Notes
11 6. Seizing America’s Great-Power Opportunity Eight Principles to Inform US Foreign Policy America’s Great-Power Opportunity Notes
13 Index
Guide
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6 Preface
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