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Power shift: how the west can adaPt

and thrive in an asian century

ashley J. tellis

Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


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The economic and

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dilemmas if all

partners choose

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A realistic and

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engagement with

China requires

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diplomatic

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toward China

from the tyranny

of single-issue

politics.

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