The Avoidable War

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