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The Struggle for Power: U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century

January 24, 2020  • Aspen Strategy Group

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The Aspen Strategy Group recently released The Struggle for Power: U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century bringing together preeminent experts to explore how to compete effectively with the military and technological rise of China and how to engage U.S. allies amidst this great-power rivalry.

Authors include: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Nicholas Burns, Kurt Campbell, Elizabeth Economy, Joseph P. Federici, Kathleen H. Hicks, Anja Manuel, Shivshankar Menon, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Michael Pillsbury, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Ely Ratner, Condoleezza Rice, David E. Sanger, David Shambaugh, Pavneet Singh, and James B. Steinberg.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and Condoleezza Rice

Preface
Nicholas Burns

CHAPTER 1
Ernest May Lecture
U.S.-China Relations at a Crossroad: Can History Guide the Path Forward?
James B. Steinberg

CHAPTER 2
The Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Michael Pillsbury

CHAPTER 3
Reimagining Engagement
Elizabeth Economy

CHAPTER 4
Toward a New China Debate: The Strategic Logic of Blunting China’s Illiberal Order
Ely Ratner

CHAPTER 5
The Case for Allies: Coordinating a Response to China
Shivshankar Menon

CHAPTER 6
How Asia Navigates the U.S.-China Rivalry
Kurt Campbell

CHAPTER 7
The U.S.-China Strategic Competition: Clues from History
Graham Allison

CHAPTER 8
Campaigning through China’s Gray Zone Tactics
Kathleen H. Hicks and Joseph P. Federici

CHAPTER 9
From Primacy to Openness: U.S. Strategic Objectives in Asia
Mira Rapp-Hooper

CHAPTER 10
Managing the Fifth Generation: America, China, and the Struggle for Technological Dominance
David E. Sanger

CHAPTER 11
Compete, Contest, and Collaborate: How to Win the Technology Race with China
Anja Manuel and Pavneet Singh

CHAPTER 12
The Rise of China
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

CHAPTER 13
Toward a “Smart Competition” Strategy for U.S. Policy
David Shambaugh

CHAPTER 14
U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China: Seventeen Policy Prescriptions
Robert D. Blackwill