Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Introduction: On the Danger of War
6. 1 A Short History of the US-China Relationship
7. 2 The Problem of Distrust
8. 3 Understanding Xi Jinping’s Worldview: Ten Concentric Circles of Interest
9. 4 The First Circle: The Politics of Staying in Power
10. 5 The Second Circle: Securing National Unity
11. 6 The Third Circle: Ensuring Economic Prosperity
12. 7 The Fourth Circle: Making Economic Development Environmentally Sustainable
13. 8 The Fifth Circle: Modernizing the Military
14. 9 The Sixth Circle: Managing China’s Neighborhood
15. 10 The Seventh Circle: Securing China’s Maritime Periphery—the Western Pacific, the Indo-Pacific, and the Quad
16. 11 The Eighth Circle: Going West—the Belt and Road Initiative
17. 12 The Ninth Circle: Increasing Chinese Leverage Across Europe, Africa, and Latin America and Gaining an Arctic Foothold
18. 13 The Tenth Circle: Changing the Global Rules-Based Order
19. 14 America’s Emerging Strategic Response to Xi Jinping’s China
20. 15 Xi Jinping’s China in the 2020s: The Politics of the Twentieth Party Congress
21. 16 The Decade of Living Dangerously: Alternative Futures for US-China Relations
22. 17 Navigating an Uncertain Future: The Case for Managed Strategic CompetitionEpilogue
23. Epilogue
24. Acknowledgments
25. Discover More
26. About the Author