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Domestic and International (Dis)Order: A Strategic Response

October 28, 2020  • Aspen Strategy Group

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The Aspen Strategy Group recently released Domestic and International (Dis)Order: A Strategic Response bringing together preeminent experts to explore race, democracy, and political divisions on the American home front; the future of U.S.-China relations; the global economy; and U.S. foreign policy priorities for 2021.

Contributors include: Madeleine K. Albright, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Zoë Baird, Robert D. Blackwill, Nicholas Burns, Kurt M. Campbell, Diana Farrell, Peter Feaver, Michael J. Green, Naima Green-Riley, Jane Harman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Wolfgang Ischinger, Aditi Kumar, Anja Manuel, David McCormick, John McLaughlin, Shivshankar Menon, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David H. Petraeus, Tom Pritzker, Condoleezza Rice, Senator Tim Scott, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Torrey Taussig, and Philip Zelikow.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and Condoleezza Rice

Preface
Nicholas Burns and Anja Manuel

Part I – DYSFUNCTION ON THE HOME FRONT: RACE, DEMOCRACY, AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN AMERICA

CHAPTER 1
Race in America
Senator Tim Scott

CHAPTER 2
The Flawed Premises of “Critical Theories” and the Risks for U.S. Foreign Policy
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

CHAPTER 3
How COVID-19 Could Widen Racial Gaps in Financial Outcomes
Diana Farrell

CHAPTER 4
A Time of Domestic Reckoning and Renewal
Anne-Marie Slaughter

Part II – THE FUTURE OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

CHAPTER 5
A Strategy for China
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

CHAPTER 6
Nine Theses on U.S.-China Relations
Robert D. Blackwill

CHAPTER 7
The China Challenge and the Aspen Strategy Group
Kurt M. Campbell

CHAPTER 8
Taiwan and Great Power Competition with China
Michael J. Green

CHAPTER 9
Can Public Diplomacy Survive Increasing U.S.-China Friction? Thoughts on Mitigating the Threat of Sharp Power
Naima Green-Riley

CHAPTER 10
The Tech 10: A Flexible Approach for International Technology Governance
Anja Manuel

CHAPTER 11
Some Consequences of the India-China Crisis of 2020
Shivshankar Menon

CHAPTER 12
A China Strategy: Adjustments for a World of Geo-economic Competition
Tom Pritzker

Part III – THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

CHAPTER 13
Equitable Economic Recovery Is a National Security Imperative
Zoë Baird

CHAPTER 14
Defending U.S. Digital Dominance
Aditi Kumar

CHAPTER 15
Charting a Path to American Renewal
David McCormick

CHAPTER 16
Tell Me How This Ends
David H. Petraeus

Part IV – FOREIGN POLICY IN 2021

CHAPTER 17
U.S. Foreign Policy in 2021
Madeleine K. Albright

CHAPTER 18
Counting the High Cards in the Hand the Next President of the United States Will Play
Peter Feaver

CHAPTER 19
Good Intelligence Is a Key Ingredient to Good Foreign Policy
Jane Harman

CHAPTER 20
U.S. Security Challenges in 2021 and Beyond
Kay Bailey Hutchison

CHAPTER 21
Germany’s European Imperative
Wolfgang Ischinger

CHAPTER 22
American Foreign Policy in 2021: Competing on a New Playing Field
John McLaughlin

CHAPTER 23
U.S. Foreign Policy in 2021: Five Priorities for a Progressive Transatlantic Agenda
Torrey Taussig

CHAPTER 24
U.S. Foreign Policy in 2021: Reconceiving America’s Place in the World
Philip Zelikow