Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter One: Introduction
Defining the International Order
Methodology and Approach
China’s Core Interests
Xi Jinping’s Report at the 19th Party Congress
Differing Views of China’s Intentions
Chapter Three: China’s Views of International Order
Support for Institutions That Grant China Influence
Contestation of Western Values and U.S. Military Power
Criticism of U.S. Exceptionalism
Criticism of Military Interventionism
Chapter Four: China’s Behavior Toward the Order
China and International Institutions
China and International Norms
China’s Compliance with the Order’s Rule Sets
China’s Role in Shared Security Issues
Emerging Wild Card: The “Long Arm of China’s Influence”
China’s Behavior Toward the Postwar International Order
Chapter Five: The Future of China’s Interaction with the International Order
Geostrategic Trends and Changes to International Order
Growing Chinese Dependence on International Order
How China Seeks to Reform the International Order
Restructuring the Asia-Pacific Region: A Foretaste of the Future?
The Intensifying Competition for Political Influence
Which Parts of the Order Is China Likely to Challenge?
Conclusion: A Modified or Subverted Order?
Chapter Six: Three Trajectories for China and the International Order
A Spectrum of Futures
Implications for U.S. Policy
Preparing for a Range of Possible Futures
Toward a Stable Competition in the Context of a Shared Order
Putting China’s Approach to the Postwar Order into Perspective
U.S. Strategy Toward China and a Shared Order
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