Michael Beckley

Michael Beckley is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Articles by Michael Beckley

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How Primed for War Is China?

Essay

Michael Beckley, Hal Brands

February 4, 2024, 7:00 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping in front of a Chinese flag at a ceremony in Hong Kong.

What Does China Want?

Excerpt

Hal Brands, Michael Beckley

August 13, 2022, 7:00 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves after making a toast during a welcome banquet for the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2017. Wu Hong/Getty Images

China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem

Argument

Hal Brands, Michael Beckley

September 24, 2021, 4:16 PM

A journalist looks at a map showing the route of a missile apparently mistakenly launched from Taiwan during a press conference in Taipei on July 1, 2016.

China Keeps Inching Closer to Taiwan

Argument

Michael Beckley

October 19, 2020, 4:50 PM

A protective blast wall painted by a U.S. military unit stands at an air base in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8, 2016.

In Future Wars, the U.S. Military Will Have Nowhere to Hide

Argument

Michael Beckley

November 20, 2019, 3:22 PM

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