Aaron L. Friedberg

Aaron L. Friedberg is a professor of politics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. His book, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia, will be published in August 2011 by W. W. Norton & Company.


Essays

Society

Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics

| 06.21.11

At its core, ideology fuels the epic struggle between Washington and Beijing. Deeply insecure about its own legitimacy, the Communist Party seeks the subordination of its regional neighbors to appease the nationalist wing of its body politic.

The Great Debate

Society

Debating a Democratic China

| 06.22.11

Experts opine on how democracy would change China's foreign-policy priorities.

Security

Here Be Dragons

| 09.01.09

China’s military is growing ever larger and may soon unseat us as
hegemon of the Pacific. But does Beijing really harbor fantasies of
world domination?

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May 18, 2013