Ali Wyne - America's Great-Power Opportunity

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2 Title Page America’s Great-Power Opportunity Revitalizing US Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition Ali Wyne polity

3 Copyright Copyright © Ali Wyne 2022 The right of Ali Wyne to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2022 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4555-1 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021947326 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Acknowledgments

5 Preface Notes to Preface

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

12 Afterword Notes

13 Index

14 End User License Agreement

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2 Table of Contents

3 Title Page

4 Copyright

5 Acknowledgments

6 Preface

7 Begin Reading

8 Afterword

9 Index

10 End User License Agreement

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Ali Wyne

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Copyright © Ali Wyne 2022

The right of Ali Wyne to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2022 by Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4555-1

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021947326

The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate.

Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition.

For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com