103.Julian Gewirtz, “The Chinese Reassessment of Interdependence,”
104.Matt Pottinger, Testimony, U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 15, 2021. See also Mark Leonard,
105.“Obama: Ukraine ‘Vulnerable’ to Russian ‘Military Domination’ No Matter What U.S. Does,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 10, 2016.
106.David Larter, “White House Tells the Pentagon to Quit Talking about ‘Competition’ with China,”
107.Kurt Campbell and Mira Rapp-Hooper, “China Is Done Biding Its Time,”
108.“How It Happened: Transcript of the U.S.–China Opening Remarks in Alaska,”
109.
110.Nina Kollars and Jacquelyn Schneider, “Defending Forward: The 2018 Cyber Strategy Is Here,”
111.Carla Babb, “Pentagon Launches Effort to Better Address China Challenge,” Voice of America, June 9, 2021.
112.Chris Miller, “America Is Going to Decapitate Huawei,”
113.Steven Lee Myers and Chris Buckley, “Biden’s China Strategy Meets Resistance at the Negotiating Table,”
114.Tanvi Madan, “The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the ‘Quad,’ ”
115.Ishaan Tharoor, “China and Russia Draw Closer, but How Close?,”
116.Steven Lee Myers and Amy Qin, “Why Biden Seems Worse to China Than Trump,”
117.Michael Green,
118.On this dynamic, see also Jakub Grygiel and A. Wess Mitchell,
119.“Remarks by President Trump at Signing of the U.S.–China Phase One Trade Agreement,” White House, January 15, 2020.
120.Michael Beckley and Hal Brands, “The Return of Pax Americana? Putin’s War Is Fortifying the Democratic Alliance,”
121.“Taiwan Will Fight ‘to the Very Last Day’ If China Attacks,”
122.Sharon Braithwaite, “Zelensky Refuses US Offer to Evacuate, Saying ‘I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride,’ ” CNN, February 26, 2022.
123.Jim Sciutto and Katie Bo Williams, “U.S. Concerned Kyiv Could Fall to Russia within Days, Sources Familiar with Intel Say,” CNN, February 25, 2022; author’s discussion with U.S. officials, February 2023.
124.Serhii Plokhy,
125.Author’s discussion with Indian official, August 2021.
126.Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
127.Vladimir Putin, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” July 12, 2021, Kremlin website; Mikhail Zygar,
128.Max Seddon, Christopher Miller, and Felicia Schwartz, “How Putin Blundered into Ukraine—Then Doubled Down,”
129.See Garrett M. Graff, “ ‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine,”