Confronting China addresses the central security questions of our generation: How best can the United States deter Chinese aggression and win the peace? Chinas pursuit of global hegemony reflects a patient yet determined effort to reshape the international order in its favor. Deterring Chinese aggression and winning the peace necessitates an integrated approach that draws upon all instruments of U.S. national power.Drawing on the insightful analysis of more than a dozen senior national security practitioners, chapters discuss the China challenge from multiple perspectives. Contributors examine the different dimensions of Chinas growing power and assess how well they advance the Chinese Communist Partys political ambitions and what must be done to counter them. Drawing upon each writers particular areas of expertise, chapter authors provide concrete, strategy-based, and resource-informed policy recommendations. In the concluding chapter, the editors review common threads and key insights from the preceding chapters, placing them in a larger strategic context. Informed by senior policymakers with extensive expertise in defense, this book provides a comprehensive regional and functional perspective on U.S. policy toward the Peoples Republic of China.Confronting China addresses the central security questions of our generation: How best can the United States deter Chinese aggression and win the peace? Chinas pursuit of global hegemony reflects a patient yet determined effort to reshape the international order in its favor. Deterring Chinese aggression and winning the peace necessitates an integrated approach that draws upon all instruments of U.S. national power.Drawing on the insightful analysis of more than a dozen senior national security practitioners, chapters discuss the China challenge from multiple perspectives. Contributors examine the different dimensions of Chinas growing power and assess how well they advance the Chinese Communist Partys political ambitions and what must be done to counter them. Drawing upon each writers particular areas of expertise, chapter authors provide concrete, strategy-based, and resource-informed policy recommendations. In the concluding chapter, the editors review common threads and key insights from the preceding chapters, placing them in a larger strategic context.Provides a broad strategic perspective on the challenge the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is mounting against U.S. policies, interests, and valuesAnalyzes Chinas regional and functional policiesOffers a comprehensive overview of U.S. policies to compete with and deter the PRCFeatures contributors who served at the U.S. Department of Defense in senior policy-making roles and are regional and functional experts in their areas of concentration Informed by senior policymakers with extensive expertise in defense, this book provides a comprehensive regional and functional perspective on U.S. policy toward the Peoples Republic of China.Confronting China addresses the central security questions of our generation: How best can the United States deter Chinese aggression and win the peace? Chinas pursuit of global hegemony reflects a patient yet determined effort to reshape the international order in its favor. Deterring Chinese aggression and winning the peace necessitates an integrated approach that draws upon all instruments of U.S. national power.Drawing on the insightful analysis of more than a dozen senior national security practitioners, chapters discuss the China challenge from multiple perspectives. Contributors examine the different dimensions of Chinas growing power and assess how well they advance the Chinese Communist Partys political ambitions and what must be done to counter them. Drawing upon each writers particular areas of expertise, chapter authors provide concrete, strategy-based, and resource-informed policy recommendations. In the concluding chapter, the editors review common threads and key insights from the preceding chapters, placing them in a larger strategic context.