Michael Beckley

Michael Beckley is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University, a Jeane Kirkpatrick visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and the author of Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower.

Articles by Michael Beckley

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

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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

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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

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Michael Beckley

November 20, 2019, 3:22 PM

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Somalia’s New President

The Tragedy of Robert McFarlane

‘The War Is 24/7’: Russia Is Launching Night Raids in the Donbas

U.S. Diplomats Abroad ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Reproductive Care

Michael Beckley

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

China Keeps Inching Closer to Taiwan

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

Somalia’s New President

The Tragedy of Robert McFarlane

‘The War Is 24/7’: Russia Is Launching Night Raids in the Donbas

U.S. Diplomats Abroad ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Reproductive Care

Xi’s Control of Domestic Politics Has Trapped Beijing Over Ukraine