Aaron L. Friedberg is a distinguished political scientist and a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. He has served in government, as a deputy assistant for national security affairs in the Office of the Vice President of the United States. In November 2006, he was named to the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. He has also been a fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Harvard University’s Center of International Affairs. Dr. Friedberg is the author of several books, including The Weary Titan, 1895-1905: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline (1988), In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America’s Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy (2000) and Getting China Wrong (2022). In this lightly edited Q&A, Professor Friedberg explains why he believes the U.S. should take a stronger line on China.
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