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great power competition
![Realities Clash With Idealism in Today’s Asia Realities Clash With Idealism in Today’s Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3033615378_3855c03b42_b.jpg)
Realities Clash With Idealism in Today’s Asia
By Walter Lohman
The reality of what China’s rise means to different regional stakeholders must inform American policy.
![China’s New Defense White Paper: Reading Between the Lines China’s New Defense White Paper: Reading Between the Lines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19181219434063.jpg)
China’s New Defense White Paper: Reading Between the Lines
By Ben Lowsen
Beijing walks a tightrope between peace and its conception of great power status.
![A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-earth-1990298_1280.jpg)
A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China
By Danny Quah
Have Southeast Asia, the United States, and China shifted to a new model of power relations?
![China to Release New White Paper on National Defense: What to Expect China to Release New White Paper on National Defense: What to Expect](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-23_21-19-42.jpg)
China to Release New White Paper on National Defense: What to Expect
By Ankit Panda
China’s strategic environment and capabilities have transformed considerably in the four years since the last document.
![Great Expectations: ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Concept Great Expectations: ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Concept](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17250148384974.jpg)
Great Expectations: ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Concept
By Sophie Boisseau du Rocher
As ASEAN gets closer to finally releasing its vision for the Indo-Pacific, its role in the region hangs in the balance.
![The Risks of a ‘Total’ US-China Competition The Risks of a ‘Total’ US-China Competition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-crowd.jpg)
The Risks of a ‘Total’ US-China Competition
By Robert Farley
Even China hawks need to make a careful appraisal of what sparks joy in the Sino-American relationship.
![Understanding China’s Vision of Victory Understanding China’s Vision of Victory](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18330544807119.jpg)
Understanding China’s Vision of Victory
By Ankit Panda
Jonathan Ward describes the conditions that China’s leaders seek to create in the Asia-Pacific by 2049.
![Huawei, Tech Decoupling, and Great Power Competition Huawei, Tech Decoupling, and Great Power Competition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-16103977343_3df7b9c041_k.jpg)
Huawei, Tech Decoupling, and Great Power Competition
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Huawei’s fate is in the Trump administration’s hands.
![Taking Great Power Competition Seriously Taking Great Power Competition Seriously](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4189203.jpg)
Taking Great Power Competition Seriously
By Robert Farley
As U.S.-China competition intensifies, how should Washington realign its interests in the Middle East?
![Would the US Really Lose a War With China and Russia? Would the US Really Lose a War With China and Russia?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18159268470752.jpg)
Would the US Really Lose a War With China and Russia?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A new study offers little evidence for its bold generalizations that the U.S. is losing its ability to win a state-vs-state war.
![Thucydides and US Politics Revisited Thucydides and US Politics Revisited](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-cole_thomas_the_course_of_empire_destruction_1836.jpg)
Thucydides and US Politics Revisited
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Greek historian’s lessons for contemporary politics are not as straightforward as some commentators suggest.
![US-China Relations: From Cooperating Rivals to Competing Rivals US-China Relations: From Cooperating Rivals to Competing Rivals](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18100313980749.jpg)
US-China Relations: From Cooperating Rivals to Competing Rivals
By He Yafei
China and the United States' relationship as “cooperating rivals” lasted for four decades. Now it's changed.