"Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward developing countries, efforts at state building, and nations growing in importance. Concludes...

Introduction / Richard N. Haass and Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- The United States and China : tough engagement / Robert Lee Suettinger -- Europe and Iran : critical dialogue / Johannes Reissner -- The United States and Iraq : perils of engagement / Kenneth I. Juster -- The United States and North...

Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative : a regional perspective / Jonathan Fulton -- Localizing China's global silk Roads through the "17+1" / Emilian Kavalski -- China's BRI in South Asia : unique characteristics and general framework / Jabin T. Jacob -- Central Asia in BR I: policy-taker or...