The United States has been the world’s dominant power for more than a century. Now many analysts believe that other countries are rising and the United States is in decline.

The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing enormous change, fueled by high levels of economic growth and deepening levels of integration. These and other forces are generating a shift in the distribution of economic, political, and military power across the region.

The United States must confront the uncomfortable reality that China’s economic and military might may eventually rival or even surpass its own.

Chinese leaders view the international community as fundamentally defined by antagonism; an outlook that is unlikely to change until and unless the regime changes.