Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay

| Winter 2013/14

Summary

How should the United States respond to China’s rise? What are China’s strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world order? This review essay examines the answers provided by three recent works—Aaron Friedberg’s A Contest for Supremacy, Hugh White’s The China Choice, and Yan Xuetong’s Ancient Chinese Political Thought, Modern Chinese Power.

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For Academic Citation: Khong, Yuen Foong. “Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 38. no. 3. (Winter 2013/14):
pp. 153-175
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