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Xi’s Paradox: Flexible, Ideological or Both?
Kenneth Dekleva writes in The Cipher Brief that China’s vigorous and intimidating cyber-attacks, economic pressure, diplomatic pressure, and extensive military exercises highlight the importance of understanding President Xi’s leadership style.
World War Xi
What are the forces that shaped China’s paramount leader? Will his psychological make-up, and his belief that his country has been robbed of its rightful place, lead inexorably to confrontation with the West? Arthur Snell examines Xi Jinping, the mind behind the unstoppable rise of China, on Doomsday Watch.
How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Can Shape Diplomacy with the U.S.
Kenneth Dekleva writes for The Cipher Brief on how crafting a national security strategy to adapt to and counter a powerful and aggressive China, a keen and sober understanding of Xi – the most formidable leader in the world today – is more critical than ever.